80 migrant workers die on special trains heading back to their home States in India
The Indian railway ministry has claimed that in most cases pre-existing medical ailments have led to the deaths of the migrant workers. However, numerous reports have pointed to the severe shortage of food and water aboard the government-run special trains
Modi and India’s privatization train wreck
With the first private train being flagged off on a high density route in India, all of Indian railways could gradually face a similar fate.
Left unions to fight privatization of Indian Railways collectively
N N Banerjee of the Indian Railways Employees Federation (IREF) talks about the struggles ahead for the railway unions in India.
“Privatising Railway Production Units Is Against Nation’s Interest”
The Modi government 2.0 is speeding up the process of privatising the Indian Railways with its ‘100 days action plan’.
Railway workers’ union protest against Indian government’s privatization move
The Narendra Modi led far-right wing government in India has recently announced it’s “100 days Action Plan” to bring in private players in Indian railways
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