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Raj Kumar Dugar, civic activist and founder of c4c, and Sathya Sankaran discuss how Indian railways is killing state projects & hindering progress. In one of the worst case of bureaucratic oneupmanship and abuse of coercive power and big brotherly attitudes, you will see how the Indian Railways is scuttling a project despite holding a 49% stake in it. The Bengaluru Suburban Rail project was approved after 12 years of struggle, it is now being killed by one of its own parents, the Indian Railways. This in the crown jewel of India’s progress and one of the top 10 innovation capitals of the world, Bengaluru, which is losing 30 thousand crores ever year in lost productivity. 

Stock video and picture credits to various contributors on Pexels, Pixabay, Mixkit, K-RIDE, Deccan Herald, Bangalore Mirror, Lead the competition, Swarajyamag. All rights belong to respective owners.

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Timecodes

00:00 - Introduction & context

01:13 - What is BSRP?

05:05 - Interstate vs suburban

11:15 - Fruits of the marriage

15:48 - The rejection & breakup

23:58 - Rant Alert

36:26 - The future

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Profile of Rajkumar Dugar - https://twitter.com/rajdugar 

Praja RAAG and the Namma Railu campaign for commuter rail system in Bengaluru - http://praja.in/en/nammarailu 

K-RIDE - https://kride.in 

Full details of the Bengaluru Suburban rail Project (BSRP) - https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/suburban-rail-is-it-finally-on-track-1230697.html

Proposal to carry out feasibility study for Bengaluru Suburban Rail Proj Ph-2 by K-RIDE rejected by South Western Railway - https://x.com/Lolita_TNIE/status/1729403215421300905?s=20 

Trains to Mysore every 10 minutes- https://starofmysore.com/trains-between-mysuru-and-bengaluru-every-10-minutes/

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