Train delays in India are a big problem for passengers who often have to wait for hours. This issue has been around for a long time, but Indian Railways should take serious steps to fix it. Delays waste passengers’ time and money.
This news might make you forget your complaints about Indian Railways! A train in India has broken all records for being late, taking 4 years to complete a journey that should have taken just 42 hours.
A goods train, wagon number 107462, carrying 1,316 bags of Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) fertilizer, set out from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on November 10, 2014. This shipment, meant for agricultural use, was intended to be delivered to a businessman in Basti, Uttar Pradesh. However, due to unforeseen delays, the train journey took an astonishingly long time to complete.
Instead of the expected 42-hour journey, the train took almost four years to reach its destination. After a prolonged journey filled with unexplained delays, the goods train finally arrived at Basti station on July 25, 2018. The incident raised several questions and surprised many, including the officials at the station, who were shocked by how a simple journey could take such an unusually long time. The reasons for the delay, such as potential issues with the wagon or other operational problems, are still under investigation
This delay left station officials shocked, wondering how a train could take so long to complete its journey.
According to reports, Sanjay Yadav, the Chief Public Relations Officer of the North Eastern Railway Zone, suggested that the delay might have happened because the wagon became unfit or was sent to the yard for repairs. He also mentioned that the shipment was sent by Indian Potash Limited from Visakhapatnam to a businessman in Basti named Ramchandra Gupta.
Gupta clarified that he did not pay anything for the shipment. As a result, the issue is now between Indian Railways and Indian Potash Limited, the company that sent the consignment.
About 10 lakh rupees were wasted during these years.
An investigation should be carried out to find out how a train took 3.5 years to complete a journey that should have taken just 42 hours.