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Rly passengers deprived of requisite facilities

From Our Correspondent
KUR1ORAM. May 9: The passengers who travel by train from Burlmarl, Patgram. Baum, Borokhata, Hatlbandha. Parulta. Bhotmari, Tushbandhar. Kaklna. Aditmart. Lalmonlrhat. Mohendranagore. Teesta, Slngerdabrihat. Torallhat stations have been facing Immense difficulties for want of requisite facilities
Hundreds of passengers travel through these stations everyday The sufferings of the passengers at these stations have reached the climax for want of adequate arrangements at waiting rooms and toilets The waiting rooms and toilets are not cleaned regularly
There Is no shed at most of
the platforms and this causes untold sufferings to the travelling passengers during the rainy and summer seasons.
There Is only one First Class waiting room at Lalmonlrhat Station. Which Is not well arranged and well ventilated
The condition of latrines and urinals Is miserable. Unhygenlc condition of latrines vitiates the atmosphere of the stations. The waiting rooms In most of the stations have no doors and windows
The passengers arc de prtved of pure drinking water as there 1s no tubewell In most of the stations.
In most places, the railway lands on both sides of the Unes
have been occupied by the public of the respective areas. Houses and shops have been built on the occupied lands.
A UNB report from Mauivibazar says: Srecmangal Railway Station, one of the busiest railway stations of the country, has been facing numerous problems for a long time.
Everyday, thousands of pas sengers travel round the clock to and from the station. The waiting rooms are too inadequate to accommodate the rising number of waiting passengers.
Moreover, the condition of the waiting rooms Is pitiable, with toilets overflowing and emitting bad smell. The rooms are hardly cleaned
The goods shed of the sta tlon has burned Into a den of anti-social elements and the platform are packed most of the time by the shelterless and floating people.
Besides, the practice of travelling without ticket has been Increasing alarmingly In this railway route due to absence of proper checkin/.