TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ Taking a dim view of the bullet train project in the backdrop of recent railway accidents, the Shiv Sena on Thursday said the Centre should instead focus on operating existing trains.
“In our country, there are daily train accidents. People get killed and injured (in these accidents), but this government is going for things like the Bullet Train project with the Japan governments help,” an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece, Saamana, said.
“Like Chala Murari Hero Banane, the dream of Chala Murari bullet train shuru karne may be nice, but first operate the existing trains properly. Provide clean platforms, rakes and toilets and also ensure that there are no rat tails and cockroaches in rail food,” the Sena said.
Chala Murari Hero Banane is a 1977 Hindi film about Murari, a simpleton from Delhi who becomes a star in Mumbai sans the hallmark look and features of a film hero. The Sena criticism comes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe are expected to attend the ground-breaking ceremony of the ambitious Rs 1 lakh crore Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project next month to mark the beginning of the construction work.
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