Five more trains came to a halt at Pakistan Railway Lahore, Faisalabad and Wazirabad Sections on Sunday.
As per details, Dachi Express, Sargodha Express, Rachna Train and Wazirabad Passenger train came to a halt signifying another step towards Railways’ decline. Twenty-five trains were halted earlier including Mari Indus, Faisal Express, Ghauri Tipu Sultan, Noor Shah Wali Train.
Enormous difficulties are being faced by the passengers after Pakistan Railways’ downturn.
Talking to the media, Station Master Sangla Hill Iftikhar Ahmed Bajwa said that the two billion rupees were spent on paying staff’s salaries, two on the symbolic repair of engines but these engines never surfaced and there is no record of remaining seven billion rupees out of eleven billion rupees funded to railways by the government.
He added that if one engine would be repaired on daily basis then thirty could be seen on railway track in a month. Trains arriving at Quetta railway station from other parts of the country reach after several hours of the schedule.
According to the Railway Inquiry, the trains coming from different parts of the country would reach Quetta hours after declared schedule. Quetta Express heading from Peshawar would be six hours whereas Jaffer Express from Rawalpindi and Bolan Mail would be five-five hours late.
People are facing great difficulties during Sehr-O-Aftar timings due to the delay in train arrivals, passengers as well as people for their reception are facing problems and delays of up to six hours have become the routine.
Its very distressing to read such stories on Pakistan Railways, which is lifeline of any country. Its high time serious efforts are made to set right the things. We shud not sigh away from taking help from India, who will be too glad to assist them technically.
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