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The Budget promises 50 new trains, out of which only 17 will run on a daily basis. Some of these will run twice or thrice a week. The rest 4 trains will run only after gauge conversion. 3 out of these 4 trains will run in West Bengal. There is no mention about the date of completion of gauge conversion. I would like to ask the hon. Minister when this job would be completed.

While populist announcements have been made in the Budget regarding new trains, new tracks, the overall investment in the development of railways is going down. Compared to last year, the allocation in the Budget this year has been cut in almost all fields including purchase of engine, coach, electrification, gauge conversion, laying of new tracks, repairing of lines and double line conversion. Cases of minor and major rail accidents are on the high side and the number of passengers is also coming down. I would also request to give more importance to the issue of passenger safety and security and take necessary steps in this regard.