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Rail minister gets taste of peak-hour rush

On his way back, a senior citizen spoke to the minister asking him more facilities like special trains for ladies.

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Union minister for railways Dinesh Trivedi created a flutter at Dadar station in the morning peak hour on Friday, greeting shoe-shine boys, commuters and rail officials.

He was accompanied by minister of state for railways KH Muniyappa and railway board chairman Vinay Mittal and the top brass of Indian Railways.

As he entered the station premise of Dadar east on CR’s platform number six followed by tense rail babus, he first chose to greet a shoe-shine boy, Sarwan Ram (35), who was being asked to get up by the railway cops as the minister approached.

“The minister was nice. He asked me to continue doing my job and stopped the cops from removing me,’’ Ram told DNA. He later took the Foot over bridge and spent time in one corner of the bridge, understanding details of the Dadar station revamp plan from architect PK Das and later went up the terrace of the ticket reservation centre to get an overall view of the station.

Trivedi got a first-hand experience of the peak hour crowd on the 12-foot wide foot over-bridge as he walked with his entourage.

On his way back, a senior citizen spoke to the minister asking him more facilities like special trains for ladies.

The minister gave him a hearing and left the station to meet chief minister Prithviraj Chavan. Earlier in the day, he also visited Bandra station.

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