Fate of freight corridor!

In a remarkably short span of time Railway minister Mamata Banerjee has introduced a large number of trains, though mostly in Bengal, as promised in her budget.Perhaps,Bengal is given priority for political reasons keeping in mind assembly election in 2011.While making hurried implementation of her electoral promises, she’s subjected to adverse criticism from different circles, particularly from her political opponents. She’s alleged to have compromised on safety and security of railway travels. She’s also accused of making mess of spick and span metro services by prematurely opening the service on the extra stretch.
However, introduction of new trains or furtherance of passengers’ amenities can be done without hitch if railways so desire.But development of railway network by its territorial expansion would prove extremely difficult, if not impossible, for Mamata Banerjee as procurement of land based on her principle primarily envisages under no circumstances land can be acquired without consent of its owner and no cultivable land can be acquired. It’s highly improbable owners en bloc would give consent for acquisition of a long tract of land as in case of proposed freight corridor up to Dunkuni.In such cases, Mamata Banerjee’s land deal formula is put to acid test and it’s very likely such projects would never take off unless she changes her stance in land acquisition!