While on the one hand the government is going all out to take India into the bullet train era, on the other we see strange events such as a train going off in some other direction and finding itself in a different State (“Special train goes 160 km off-route”, Nov. 23). Thankfully, there was no accident. One wonders who was tracking this train. While trying to cover up the goof-up, the railway authorities went on to clarify that they took a deliberate decision to change the route as the original one was facing congestion. How odd! If so, why were the passengers not informed?
N. Nagarajan,
Secunderabad