Summary:
Of the 45 lakh people using the suburban trains on Central Railway daily, there are well over 10-12 lakh of them who travel all the way from Kalyan-Karjat/Kasara region. Now, all these different passenger associations have come together and written a letter to SK Jain, the divisional railway manager of Mumbai for Central Railway, to show their angst. The passenger associations claim that the commuters boarding from the 19 railway stations falling in this region are already agitated and frustrated with the condition of train services over the past few days now. However, there has been no reply, and authorities are not ready to meet the passenger associations," said Nandkumar Deshmukh, president, Federation of Suburban Railway Passengers Association (FSRPA). The FSRPA comprises of eight other railway passenger associations covering stations like Thane, Diva, Kalyan-Karjat-Kasara, Vangani, Titwala..