संवाद # 189: Vande Bharat creator Sudhanshu Mani on Indian Railways problems, accidents & solutions 

गाड़ी समय पर चले, और लंबी दूरी के लिए कंफर्म रिजर्वेशन मिल सके। हम आम लोगों को तो बस यही चाहिए। बाकी सब मोह माया है....

Construction work on 2 DFC started only in 2014 . Before that it was in planning phase . So now if it’s almost completed it’s a great achievement in itself. That’s despite the political issues at the state level. IMO it’s a positive

Issue with government communication also is that they let Vande Bharat get all the prominence. But the biggest achievement of this government is of big transformation in many areas : All ICF coach production halted and now 100% LHB coaches; same with electrification, moving to 100%; DFC was got all the momentum under them.

the idea of Using tech and AI at 48:00 is truly amazing and i hope someone from the govt. thinks in this direction

Modi should invite sudhanshu ji for help, guidance and truthful ground reality feedback. he's an asset to the country before and after retirement.

Vande bharat is running at average speed of 65-70 km/hr between delhi -jaipur .

No rate of development can hold on population explosion😂😂

The problem is also with the people who want all privileges but don't want to pay. VB trains are targeted for middle and upper classes who are ready to shell out more.

रेलवे के सभी विभाग में अधिकारी पिछले काम करने के तरीके को ही आगे बढाते है। प्रोफेशनल थौट प्रोसेस नही है। रेलवे के अधिकारी तनखविया नॉकर है।काम करने का जज्बा नही रखते ।

Always good to hear constructive criticism, i wish opposition of country was this constructive, and result in something good for country

रोड बनाने का काम आसान है. रेल्वे लाईन बनाना जादा कठीण है जादा वक्त देने वाली है.

DFC will not start giving big returns until it is complete and related infra and last point connectivity is available.

Only solution for future india is to stop civil services monopoly and change civil services to some new public friendly and responisble services , performance based promotion and super checks on corruption

Extensive information with far sightetness. Thanks to both gentlemen.

Indian Railways use to spend around 12000 crore on fuel every year, by that a little over two years time will be enough to recover 25000 crore of Diesel Locomotive

One benefit to having all trains as fully AC is that track side garbage will disappear. Otherwise that garbage is near impossible to clear for thousands of km

No big failure 1) earlier even express trains between our locations were used to get late by 2-3 hours . Now all express runs on time. ( Definitely between our location ) Ahmedabad to jodhpur. 2) earlier when I was traveling between 2 major cities, it used to take 4 to 5 hours. Now with vande Bharat it's only 2 hours. ( Ahmedabad to Surat ) 3) The doubling of the track is amazing. 4) pushing LHB coaches is amazing. Smooth rides. 5) all Sudhanshu MANI wants attention.yes he is the big factor for our vande Bharat. But still somewhat I think he is an attention seeker. 6) Railway work is amazing in modi government a) electrification b) modern railway station 7) DFC will give it fruits.just wait. ( Also it is to be noted that , our road infrastructure is also becoming amazing. So good competition) 8) now the main problem is that , overcrowded trains. The main problem is our population. And more and more people are using trains. Still these trains get over crowded only during peak season. And in Gujarat and Rajasthan even in peak season we don't feel this problem. The main thing is that. People can't travel ticketless in buses. And you can travel trains ticketless. So many chidni people are using trains. And thus the crowd.

With Due respect to the Sudhanshu Mani ji, Govt doesn't work on short term vision plan but rather think about next 50 years thats why such electrification and infra dev is happening though it may be under utilised right now but it would help in future.

Kam se kam toilets ventilated and odour free kar dein wohi bohut badhi achievement hey. Bedroll itna gandha milta hey ki poocho mat. Mostly used hi milta hey. Koi automatic 100% bathroom cleaning mechanism introduce ho toh badiya rahega..kya koi aisa plan hey ??

I definitely agree with sudhanshu mani sir that until we can transport every citizen of this country with dignity and hygiene with a confirmed reservation, we've failed as a country. Shame on us for 50-60 years after British left, we almost kept the same track length and did almost nothing to modernize railways. It not a surprise that now we have no capacity at all to serve the passanger load. And capacity expansion in a very short period of time is extremely difficult of not impossible

Dear arihant bhai, my grand father was a Locopilot, my father works in railway had got minister award. My uncle is deputy cme. I want o provide railway perspective, how can i join your podcast. I have seen people working. Want to put forward positive side of railway.

It's a delight listening to the honest opinion of Sudhanshu sir. The creator knows the challenges very well. Railway seriously needs implementations and completion of projects timely to achieve targets, rather than announcements. Leadership should review and think about the failures for better solutions where it's lacking. It must be focused on convenience, affordability, and available for average income people as well as the locals too. We need an increase in numbers of more coaches, more general bogies, sitting chair coaches and sleeping coaches in the preexisting trains as well as new local trains with speeding and higher traffic frequencies. Also need more securities, safety standards with facilities and quality of transportation. I hope the near future Railway will improvise more services and bring changes in the life of the common people . Expecting for a positive change. Thanks for the podcast.

कोई भी चीज हो इंडिया में कभी पूरी नहीं होगी 145 करोड लोग हैं और पहले गांव के लोग गांव में से बाहर नहीं जाते थे और अब पूरा इंडिया घूमते हैं और शहर के लोग दुनिया आप कुछ भी बना लो कितना भी बना लो कभी पूरा नहीं होगा

Ye policy paadne walon ko general bogie mein travel karwana chahiye

Meri jo samajh hai , uske according DFC ko aap bhi se failed nahi keh sakte , aap bas usko cost se mat napiye Pehle maalgadi khadi rehti thi 2-3 din , kharab ho jati thi to baki trains late hoti thi Ab wo nahi hai. Aane wale time me unka share badhega Modi govt is making IR infrastructure ready for next 4-5 decades

I agree that vande Bharat train is a good train and a step in right direction, but as Sudhanshu sir said, it's not a world class product. Infact government organisations cannot compete in terms of R&D and product quality with private global companies like alstom, GE, Siemens. The reason developed countries have such advanced trainsets is because private entities are involved. ICF/RCF and other railways manufacturing entities should be privatised.

Fundamental problem is Government employees, सरकारी कल्चर. They cannot compete with private sector. Private करो railways को maximum.

I just travelled by Vande Bharat Express from Mumbai to Vadodara. Journey was comfortable . About tea , yes the caterers gives tea powder mix, but in doing so , we are also creating plastic garbage . So earlier Chai was tastier less garbage . One thing I have noticed , the caterers collect plastic , aluminium packs etc and instead of safely discarding , they throw the garbage near the Forest in Mumbai - Pune for example . So you will see such garbage littered along the track in the ghat section, when trains slows down. Bring this to the notice of the Govt . So far , no action from the govt.

Sudhanshu Mani sir is my inspiration and my fav person he changed image of indian railways

Indian public is not ready for world class facilities. This is because of capacity as well as mentality. No one can cater to this much population.

It's a shame this channel is not as popular as other podcast channels. Arihant always studies about the topics he covers, asks important questions, lets the guests speak freely, does not interfere and keeps digging a topic until he finds an acceptable answer. And most importantly there's no show off of knowledge , it's simply informative. Keep going man, all the best.

His point on AI is really impressive. This should be done.

Well, I disagree on strong leadership point. Railway had a minister like Mr. Suresh Prabhu. Hello was strong , strict and was taking measures to improve the Railway. But, Railway people didn't like him and made him go away. The people themselves don't want to work like a private institution. The fault lies with railway bureaucracy.

new rail lines have been laid...electrifying of lines has been on fast pace.....

What an amazing logic - overloading charges idea executed by Lalu is revolutionary but Vande Bharat execution which is designing and mfg of train from zero is his leadership only and not govt.

MANI IS THE KING, he speaks his mind without fear or favour

As i was watching this podcast Kanchanjunga Express collided with an goods train.

Actually Indian opposition never asks genuine questions... Biggest problem for India.

Railways cannot compete with airlines over distances above 1,000 kms. The reason is time taken to complete the travel. Railways should try to focus on developing world class rails, trains, engines, signalling system, etc world class upto distances below 1,000 km. It's in the freight that the railways can deliver real punch, irrespective of distance.

The speaker did not talk about Amrit Bharat trains which got some hype when PM launched it. Also, I had talked to my father(he’s a railway employee) about using railway data for AI tools. He was unaware of anything happening in this area. Since ashwini vaishnav is both IT minister & railway minister, hopefully try this. Modiji talked with Bill Gates about AI a lot, but AI in railways is a great opportunity.

Amazing session sir.. Thank you so much

Vande Bharat isn't that costly. I love it. It's much cheaper than the travel by car.

all main routes need to be with 4 tracks passenger and 2 for freight

On safety Sudhanshu sir gave good suggestions

Excellent discussion. Mani Saheb rocks.

Give this man some visionary project, he is the valuable asset for India

I disagree with electrification issue he brought up; it's just arguing for the sake of arguing. By that logic you just don't do anything and wait for all your electricity source to turn green, but why would you do make them go green if there is no demand for it. So, no electric vehicles, stop R&D on green hydrogen ... etc.

Thanks for uploading honest discussion , it rare to find these days

Bhai ye to Anti Modi admi hai.. sabko credit dediya par Modi government ko koi credit nahi de raha. Bhai railway ajki date main jamin asman ka antar hai aur iske hisab se ek bhi acha kaam nahi hua hai?? Had hai

Would request Sudhanshu sir to write a letter each to Railway Minister and PMO every month on his recommendations. We can leverage his wisdom and the country would benefit.

Comgress hoti to Goods wagon 60 wagons wali chala deti ghareebon ke liye aur jo travel karte usme wo awaaz bhi nahin karte .Fare ordinary class se 25 percent ka hota .

May be the funds should be spent more on productive part like tracks, coaches, speed and safety rather than station upgradation.

Noukri chahiye sarkari aur kaam chahiye contractor wala to kahan se hoga

Sir can someone explain what's the exact problem at "yamuna bridge" from Delhi Junction. It's also crossing more 20 years.

Firstly I would like to thank Shri Sudhanshu Mani for raising these issues. I also want to acknowledge his contribution as the driving force behind the vande bharat express. It would have been nice if there was more data available about some of the issues he raised. Firstly he mentioned lot of money has been allocated for Railways in the budget in the last decade under the Modi government but has not resulted in higher railway usage for transport. He did not point out any unwarranted spending that was done which had ended up as a waste. Also were there funds that remained unutilized ? There has been lot of positive news about railway progress in the north eastern areas plus rapid electrification. Mani felt tracks had been electrified while there were still hundreds of diesel engines available for use. Some of the losses from the non use of these fixed assets would be offset by the savings on not having to import crude / Diesel while being environment friendly if the electricity comes from renewable sources. In any case this is going in the right direction. He said not enough non-A/C coaches available due to manufacturing of A/C coaches. What has been the growth or decline of travelling passengers in the last 10 years keeping in mind population growth, more disposable incomes etc. Would there have been no overcrowding if only non-A/C coaches were produced. He talked of use of Artificial Intelligence tools. I suppose he meant use of computer systems to improve processes of maintenance making use of some of the live data generated. He could give some of these ideas to startups that can supply such systems to the railways. A lot can be more efficiently done but talk of bringing private players into the railways is a political hot potato with so much fake news around.

Indian Optimus Prime Voice Is Here Giving Interview Damn That Voice Is Heavy & Deeper 🗿☠️❤️🇮🇳

railway ki pehle se koi ichjat nahi hai 😅😂

What a powerful Voice is it naural or Sir you have worked on it .

We need 250 to 270 km/ hr trains with minimum stopages. Connecting Delhi mumbai chennai kolkatta delhi and from this metro cities connecting 2 tier cities to travel 3-4 hr journey with speed of 160 km/hr. A night travel and you are from delhi to mumbai or delhi to kolkatta.

Very nice session with a constructive criticism. 👏

Bhaisaab, neat and clean new stations that came up is also a big achievement.

We as the public can wait with patience as long as you deliver what you promised

Excellent interview

Tremendously eye opening.

Indian railway ke officer bhi jimmedar hain

I dont agree with some argument.. station are much cleaner ..most of the train runs on time or very little late..gov should more on sleeper class coaches..that is only solution..

First we must stop random entry in railways station take ticket and enter if we can earn that money n fulfil our coffers every one must take ticket to travel

Mr.Mani is very knowledgeable and experienced Love to listen him 👌🏻

Very pertinent questions raised

It was a great conversation sir

Very good analysis- thanks - AVM Sinha (Retd)

मैराथन दौड़ने चले थे भारतीय बाबुशाही विकसित भारत के लिए पर दश वर्ष में ही टेंनट्रम पर आ गए! तभी तो एक हजार वर्ष से खाली गुलामी विदेशियो की ही करनी है।

All I can say is sudhanshu is a frustrated guy and you cannot expect anything but negativity from him. God bless him he comes out of his depression soon

Railway is Sudhanshuji expertise and BJP should make visionary like him as Railway minister and let Aishwini Vaishnav handle and focus other ministries!

Bus bjp ki manority nhii aayi …,. Now everyone sees a problem everywhere…. Toh matlab free ration, free achool, free hosital, free pani, free bijli..,, free train….. sab free kar de…. Toh hum middle class ka tax bhii tum hi de doooo

Maza aagya.

रेल्वे को मैन्यूफेक्चरिंग और maintenance का निजीकरण होना चाहिए, क्योंकि सरकारी कर्मचारियों की कमजोरियों,कामचोरियों पर चर्चा नहीं होती,

Straight and sweet

Love to see him again

Looks like everybody is a bloody expert outside of govt. His remarks on the use of AI for alerting are so high level that I am surprised that this dude actually worked in the railways.

Arihant please invite rajiv malhotra ji .

Sir, same logic applies to EVs, we claim evs are eco. Friendly due to no emission. But you generate electricity from coal, and in many power stations, emission control is very loose . So pollution.

Unmanned level crossings removal n electrification were almost completed. They failed to mention this.

Vande Bharat is a great success, just need some time to railway to adopt new standards.

General Class (Metro or MEMU type) Day time from 6.00 am to 9.00 pm, frequency

We have such wealth of people to improve

Diesel locos can still be used on electrified lines.

Sir ko Rail Min se baat karni chahiye.. sir ka toh connections honge sir department mei the..

🙏 नमस्ते 🙏

I think Delhi - Meerut RRTS will also prove to be a financial failure unless it is extended further. There is already enough world class road infrastructure in this region. This is like already having an Endeavour but you bring home a Fortuner just to show-off. Rail is a preferred mode of transport for people who are a little further away from a big city.

As normal temperatures are increasing every year, it would in the fitness of things that all trains, which include general class as well, should be airconditioned. People are dying of heat strokes which we cannot afford, where people have to sit in a closed space for hours together. Just because people are poor, we should not deny comfort to them. Several of these people work hard for the comfort of others, so it is the least we can expect the railways to provide

Roads r improved way ahead and avg speed is increased but railway lags in speed

Indian railways can also explore railway construction and operation in Nepal, too. Nepal railways is very primitive and needs upgradation

Double decker train with recliner types Chalayiye na... 1500rs me Delhi to Mumbai 14 ghante me.. sham 6 baje mumbai Bdts se Nikale aur subah 8 baje new delhi Shakurbasti laakar pahucha de...sala maje hi maje....stop only 5.... Bdts se vadodara... Vadodara se Ratlam... Ratlam se Mathura... Mathura se Shakurbasti New Delhi...😂😂😂😂 please ❤❤❤ shuruwat to kare🙏🙏🙏🙏

Increase goods train, Setup Own Godowns, warehouse for temporary storage in each stations, Replace Trucks used for transporting Vegetables, Cars, E-commerce, Package transfers. Provide service for packers and movers, Use Mini trucks locally for distribution, Which will increase the revenue

My train got 15 hours late. Indian railways is gone to the docks

Mindset of Railway Bureaucracy is not changing.

Sir sour grapes. Many results would be out about work that is happening in next 2 years. Station redevelopment, amrit bharat for lower class, vande metro for intercity and vande sleeper for long run that would happen under ashwini Vaishnav.

Good motive by this man Worst on field presentation by government...

एसी कोच सबके लिए बनायी जानी चाहिए। कामन आदमी को भी गर्मी लगती है और वह भी आरामदायक यात्रा करना चाहता है। कामन आदमी अपना खाना लेकर चलेगा। इसपर विचार जरूरी है। आबादी बढी है। उसी प्रकार से सोचना होगा।