DITCH IN THE HEARTS OF HIMACHALIES IN RAILWAY BUDGET 2009-10.

My heart compels me to write something hard on the Railway Budget presented by Mamta Banerjee, Union Railway Minister, for the year 2009-10. India became an Independent Country on 15th of August, 1947, every body know it. Prior to this British Government constructed two nerrow Guage Railway Lines in Himachal Pradesh i.e. one from Kalka to Shimla and the other from Pathankot to Joginder Nagar. These railway lines were not constructed by them for the confort of Himachalies but it was done by them for their own confort. After independence , the democracy came in the country and people elected their representatives and democratic elected Governments came into existance . Till date, no central Government thought properly and applied their minds for the development and welfare of Himachal People. It is 61 years laspsed , Himachalies have not seen and even dreamed for Railway lines in this small hilly State which has been termed by the several leaders of political parties as a Sweterzerland . How it can be Sweterzerland without any borad guage railway lines constructed in this State during these 61 days by the people elected Governments. Rather it is shamful. I have no other strong word to criticise the Union Railway Minister and the Union Government for such type of ignore of people of this hilly , peaceful State which is an inegral part of India. This state is giveing Electricity to the entire country from Water Dams constructed on the Rivers passing through this State. This State is giveing irrigation facilities to the states of north India from its river water. What central Government has given to the people of the State till now with regards to the promises in respect of construction of broad Railway lines. The peaceful people residing in this Dev Bhumi state wants that Union Government should act immediately and sanction the Railway lines put in the pipeline for the long long time otherwise the time will come that people had to break their peaceful nature for getting their share of the State in Indian Territory as is being given to other States of the country .