Bullet Trains, the practical issues to implement it

Is India ready for the big 'Bullet Trains in India' project?

I think, may be not. India's railway network is one the largest railways networks globally. We live in a country where still nothing ever happens on time. It could be a Lok Sabha Bill to be passed to a judgement to be passed against the guilty. Likewise, even the railways are quite off track, even if it's by minutes.

It could be due to various reasons like, there is only single track in the area, crossings take place, train traffic on the same time as there are many trains on the same time and many more.

Speaking of being late, I was travelling back to Bangalore from native, and as soon as we entered the outskirts of the city, the train began to be late. and I reached my destination 2 hours late and further, thanks to Bangalore traffic, late home too.

When we know that the railway networks, tracks, etc., still have glitches here and there. We should be resolving that instead of installing Bullet Trains in India.

We need to pass the tests before Bullet Trains can come to India. There are certain things which are still not properly placed in our system.

-Like only limited trains on various routes.

-We don't have proper, clean hygienic railway platforms yet.

-Trains named like 'The Suvidha Express' which means a helpful train, costs around 2.5K per person just for a sleeper ticket. If such trains cost so much, and according to surveys, tickets are hardly sold, cause people rather prefer flights on such costs.

-Time taken is a lot cause the set speed is less at present.

-Area: Land is required for laying new tracks. When government is struggling to get space for normal tracks, laying tracks for bullet trains is far from reality.

These were few problems. There are many more pertaining to it. Government of India, in my point of view, should make the present conditions more better and appropriate. If these conditions are improved. India could see a better future.

There is huge debate over the rates and taxes on an air ticket. Even today, in India, not everyone can afford an aero-plane ticket. The costs over such things should be tried to be reduced by the government on the domestic flights at least. 

People should be encouraged to fly so that the travelling time is saved.

Imagine if costs of airplane tickets are high cause they make you reach destinations faster, what would happen if bullet trains came into picture?

The speed of the trains must be increased.

One more thought that scares passengers are the accidents.

Trains accidents is no new thing in India. People die. Lose loved ones. And mostly it happens either due to the braking system in engine and the train or due to gap in train tracks or even when people come in between tracks and die.

Such things should be taken care of first. Cause if we can't resolve these issues, there are going to be more issues when bullet trains come in India.

Trains in India, from my personal experience, take on an average of 48 hours from my native to Bangalore. So if I am travelling using trains, I waste four days just in travelling back and forth.

Speed is a major issue. It has to be increased for better performance. 

India is always been known for it's understanding other's emotions behavior. Many Indians could be against this project since it could be disrupting their spendings, land for tracks, farm-lands, etc. These could hurt the innate values in the minds of many Indians.

Yes, progress is good. But what's the point of such progress when we still have many glitches in our present which needs to be addressed and fixed.

So I think, we should all work to make the government realize that we can move forward only when these issues find their solutions. And we can, cause after all, the government is for we the people.

"We can work towards our future, only if our present is set right. "

Survey- Rajasthan Patrika, 2013