We have met all the demands in this respect. I make a special mention of the engines and locomotives which come out of Chitranjan workshop and Telco workshop. There has been increase of amenities to passengers which is evident every day when we travel on the railways. First of all, I would like to congratulate the hon. Railway Minister for proposing no increase in the passenger fares and also for proposing no increase in the freight rates. Of course, the freight rate increase has come into operation only very recently, namely, on the I would like to congratulate the hon. Minister for this that in the current year, there had been no major accidents. I would also like to appreicate in this regard the due care and caution taken by the railway administration in so far as there have been no major accidents this year. There is also another aspect that if we examine from this point of view, we will find that the increase of 50 percent in the net earnings is not after all a very bad performance. Here, we might remember that the net earnings could be much more but for the two factors about which the hon. Minister has complained and about which many times questions were asked in the house. I am referring to the ticketless travelling. This ticketless travelling has assumed a very large proportion. In answer to a question in this hon. House, it was suggested that the detected cases ran into some lakhs and undetected cases were bound to be perhaps much larger than those those that have been detected. This has assumed such a large proportion that there must be a concerted effort to eradicate this evil. The hon. Minister has appealed to the public to help in the eradication of this evil. I would make two or three suggestions in this regard.
