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Indian Railways for the next 20 years. We do not have sufficient money for
passenger facilities. The passenger facility means renovation of the railway
stations. Most of the Railway stations in far-flung areas of the country are not
maintained properly. We from Kerala are undertaking the longest journey in the
country to reach the Capital. But we have got only one train. Yeshvantpur train
which is culminating at Kannur may be extended to Calicut. We also demanded a
train from Mumbai through Konkan to Kerala. The Konkan Railway is a
partnership of Kerala, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra. On this line, there is still
space for one more additional train to come from Mumbai to Kerala. There was a
mention about a coach factory. I hope that the Railways will take the Palakkad
Coach Factory seriously. The provision may be increased for this Coach Factory.
Railways are short of wagons. They have decided to have wagons factories in
some places. We have given land in Alleppey and every facility was given to the
Railways. We also entered into a Memorandum of Understanding also. There is
no mention of this Wagon Factory at Alleppey. One day you may travel with us in
the coaches of the trains that are south-bound. The cleanliness and the facilities of
the coaches are very inadequate. The coaches that are discarded in other sectors
are being sent to the South. This system should be changed. Railways have got
invaluable railway properties all over India. We can mobilize money by utilizing
the railway property in a commercial manner. If the railway property, which is
very valuable, is commercially exploited, then we can get good revenue from this