Didi
ignored our safety on trains, say women
Friday February 25, 2011 04:44:54 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow:
While Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed that the rail
budget 2011 was for common people, women folk here expressed their
dissatisfaction with it, saying she did not announce "any specific
arrangement" to ensure women's safety on trains.
"We were having high expectations from Didi…(elder sister, as the
minister is popularly called). We expected she would announce
measures to ensure our safety in trains. But we were surprised the
issue was not taken up in the budget," Archana Chitranshi, a
resident of Indira Nagar colony, told IANS.
Banerjee even failed to mention the plans she had announced in her
last budget for ensuring women's security on trains, another woman
said.
Deepshikha Verma, a research scholar in Lucknow University, said:
"I remember that in her last rail budget in 2010, Mamta Banerjee
announced the deployment of 12 companies of women Railway
Protection Force (RPF) named 'Mahila Vahini'."
"Forget about announcing new measures for our safety, the minister
did not utter a word about the status of the Mahila Vahini," she
added.
Nupur Chaturvedi, an LIC official, said: "It's surprising and
shocking. We thought being a woman, the minister would better
understand our problems while travelling in trains. It's
depressing that the budget had no special provision for the safety
and security of women passengers."
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