The Gavankars

Hi The great Sarkari Indian Airlines (Now Air India) has done it again!They took passengers ransom for their own mistakes and tantrums yesterday on IC 164 from Goa to Mumbai. I was the one who praised Indian Airlines when they did a fantastic job during the employee strike recently in June earlier this year.(Please refer to my Articles published in DNA newspaper on 15th June 2007 titled "Hats off to Indian Spirits" and in Hindustan Times the same day titled "Indian did a good job" ) However sunday's episode raises serious doubts on Indian Airlines' ability to perform as "customer caring /serving entity". It was a lazy Sunday afternoon (11th November 2007) in Goa and most of the Travellers were returning to their home destinations after spending a diwali holiday (being a long weekend) in Goa.Everyone had to join their offices/business the next day and hence preferred afternoon flights to go back which gives a relaxing evening at home before anothe...

The tragedy of bomb blasts ...I was in the same train where the biggest blast of the serial blasts happened the day before..at Bhayander.. This train is the normal train from Churchgate which starts at 5.19 PM and reaches Vasai around 6.40 PM..I left early that day and caught the train. We sit in middle first class as a group alwyas and some of our friends sit in the first class near the ladies first class compartment..I don't know what happened with them as there was havoc at that time...Blast happened in that compartment. we got a big thrust to our train and thought it was some technical problem in the train and may be the overhead wire or something broke down....but then the smoke started coming out...and we jumped on the tracks..and what we saw in the compartment just ahead of us was horrible...the compartment was totally shattered and it was blood all over.. We were not in a position to do anything but stand in a big shock..then slowly we came to our senses and saw police,fi...

Following incident describes how Railway police are playing with the safety of the passengers: Today (14-01-2005) I was traveling with my fellow passengers from Vasai Road station to Churchgate in western Railway train which starts from Vasai Road at 7.18 A.M.We fellow passengers noticed 4 suspicious looking unclaimed plastic bags on the luggage racks above our heads. As an informed and responsible citizen I went to the motorman of the train (Name unknown) and informed him about those unclaimed bags, He came and saw the bags and promised us to call Railway Police from Vasai Road Railway police station. After that 20 minutes the train was standing on Vasai Road Platform but no one turned up either from Railway’s side or from Railway Police side. Train started from Vasai and we felt uncomfortable with those mysterious bags as anything could have been in those. Hence from my mobile,I dialed 100 in order to get help from police control room.The call was routed to Ulhas Nagar control r...