Sunday and time to destress.Friends meeting at begumpet for a breakfast and a short stroll on Begumpet, Umanagar street , cross the railway track at hussain sagar junction onto neckalce road, a walk back and then back to respective residences.
This week was my time to drive to the MMTS railway station Park my car in HITEC city railway stations parking lot ( Where you have the paid parking facility 5 .00Rs. for the first 3 hours ),buying a ticket to Begumpet 3.00 Rs. see a train whizz past me even as i bouht the ticket .ANd then waiting till 11.20 A.M to finally hear from the Railway authorities on the Public addres system, that an accident at Borabanda cauases trains to be cancelled or delayed.
That doesnt seem much ,unless you were travelling with your entire family including Old aged parents,and small infants etc etc,and had to reach secunderabad to catch a long distance train.Thatas whathappened in front of me.The poor fellas dint understand where to run.They were too many to be given alift by yours truly to the Bus Stand or Auto Stand.It was really sickening to see the Official in the counter NOT at al bothered.
I am sure the people must have missed their train.So who is responsible for the train tickets loss for no fault of theirs? THe MMTS officials could have made the announcement much before the delay .AND yes they dont seem to be worried,to refund the money .I heard the bugger in the counter saying that the ticket was only three rupees, so why do you have to worry about the refund?
That raises a question , if a local train is cancelled or delayed, should there be a refund of ticket charges.
By the way , the parking fees was also collected in full.
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