While the locals of the city of Janakpurdham believe in the progress the city would make with the Indian government's endeavour of building the 59-Km railway line, extending further, the raw materials stationed at different places along the construction line are reported being stolen.
Ramchandra Sah, Executive Chief of the Railway Office in Janakpurdham, says " the cases of theft are occurring in lack of adequate human resources to guard the old infrastructures of the railway".
"This is shameful and inhuman" says local Ramchandra Pathak who used to be a regular passenger of the poor Railways. Alam kalwari, a local guard, shared his concerns and fears of being man-handled since there are lack of manpower guarding the lines stacks up an impending doom over the property.
Indian government is set to expand the railway into a broad gauge railway (badi line) and the investment already sums up to 240 million only for compensation to households in Dhanusha, Mahottari and Siraha. The workers here are removing the old infrastructures like the railway tracks, engine of the old bogies and making way for the big relief to Janakpur.
However, very less attention has been thrown at this misfortune and the losses could sum up to be exasperating on a country stricken by the recent earthquake that has devastated the people, the economy and has all of us contempt. The risk of theft and loss remains, and our sufferings extended.
Article by : Avinash Mishra
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