Railways and transparency
Six years ago, with much fanfare, Lalu Prasad announced that two manufacturing facilities for electric and diesel locomotives would be established at Madhepura and Marhowra in Bihar. That was when he was the railway minister. As reported in Mint today, these projects are being put on ice. Instead, chances are that a locomotive manufacturing unit in Dankuni, in West Bengal, is being quietly promoted. While the decision to shift the project may or may not happen, a troubling lack of transparency in the ministry is apparent.