Railway Minister Fines Caterer For Selling Overpriced Water After Tweet From Passenger

If slowly and steadily I’m beginning to like the modus operandi of one politician/minister, that would definitely be Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu’s ways.  The minister has been taking Digital India quite seriously.

First he helped a woman passenger who was being harassed, next he helped a son by providing a wheelchair for his ailing father, after that a group of school students who were stranded in a train with no pantry, and now this:

 

IT Analyst from Mumbai, Aman Narang was travelling aboard the Chandigarh – Amritsar Superfast Express and bought a water bottle that the vendor tried selling him for Rs.20 instead of the marked Rs.15.

 

So to express the injustice he tweeted to the Railway Minister about this.

@RailMinIndia clearly mentioned Rs 15 for railways nd still dey selling at Rs 20. Train no 12241. Take action pic.twitter.com/NGDZvyhNVB

— aman narang (@naman38) December 5, 2015

@RailMinIndia @sureshpprabhu Price for sale in railways Rs 15 but selling at Rs 20. Train no 12241. PNR 2540053072 pic.twitter.com/ZcSPVxl7NM

— aman narang (@naman38) December 5, 2015

 

Minister Suresh Prabhu who is now taking quick actions against such tweet-complaints responded immediately.

@naman38 @sureshpprabhu @IR_EDTNC Thank you for the feedback. The concerned official has been notified to take action.

— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) December 5, 2015

@RailMinIndia @naman38 @sureshpprabhu Corrective steps are being initiated through concern zonal railway @gm_nrly https://t.co/nblWe6WREq

— RB EDTNC (@IR_EDTNC) December 7, 2015

 

Not just the quick reply but the quick action taken against the railway catering service also put the Railway Minister in the good books of people

@naman38 @RailMinIndia @sureshpprabhu Action taken. Fine of Rs.10,000/- has been imposed on the concerned Catering Licensee,

— RB EDTNC (@IR_EDTNC) December 11, 2015

 

A few other people also took to twitter to express their displeasure with the catering service and their support for the Railway Minister’s attention to detail towards railway passengers

@IR_EDTNC @naman38 @RailMinIndia @sureshpprabhu license should be cancelled … there should be strict actions against these people… (2/2)

— Honey Jakhar (@HarshJakhar) December 11, 2015

@HarshJakhar @IR_EDTNC @RailMinIndia @sureshpprabhu instead of this i think we appreciate RailMinIndia efforts. Atleast they doing thr best.

— aman narang (@naman38) December 11, 2015

The Railway Minister has got style, but there’s also no denying that he’s putting Twitter to good use.

 

Good job Mr Suresh Parbhu. You are winning hearts slowly and steadily.

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