Although all areas have been freed from the restrictions of the Covid, the functioning of the railways has not yet returned to normal. There is a good reason for that. From the very beginning, Covid imposed strict controls on passenger trains across the country in order to minimize the spread of the disease. If this had not been done, many tragedies would have befallen people here. The number of people getting sick through contact did not increase alarmingly due to the strict travel restrictions in force. It is a fact that as the spread of the disease was brought under control and people's lives slowly returned to normal, the railways also came to the service of the passengers. But the shortcoming is that the short-distance passenger-memu services, on which the common man depends, have not yet been restarted. Moreover, a few passenger trains were converted to Express trains. Passengers were forced to pay four or five times the ticket price they had paid earlier. The reform affected the common man in two ways. As it is an Express train, there are no stops at all stations. The ticket price is also unbearable. Therefore it is not known whether the new policy of the railways is to avoid short distance commuters. In any case, such measures have been seen in recent times. Even the three-fold increase in platform rates following Covid controls is still going on. There was also a huge increase in the minimum fare. Despite the return to normalcy and the introduction of more passenger services, the Railways is not ready to reduce the increased fares. Railways was one of the institutions which faced the biggest revenue shortfall during the Covid period and now it seems that it will take time to recover, no matter how hard efforts are put in.

Under these circumstances, further steps need to be taken to change the current approach of exploiting passengers.

No Railway Advisory Council meetings have been held since the outbreak of Covid. The demand made by the All India Railway Users' Association to the Railway Department recently that various consultative committee meetings be convened to discuss the grievances and suggestions of railway passengers and take appropriate decisions is quite reasonable. Canceled Passenger - Do not delay action to resume MEMU services. Even for travelling during the day, reservation
It is unfair to demand a reservation charge for an hour and a half journey from Thiruvananthapuram to Kollam or Nagercoil. By doing such things for such extra revenue, the Railways was even able to make amends for even a fraction of the huge revenue loss inflicted by Covid.

While the lives of a vast majority of people during the epidemic turned miserable, the approach of the railways to snatch even the last coin in the pocket of an emergency traveler cannot be said to be humane. The travel allowance given to senior citizens of the country has been completely withdrawn with the outbreak of Covid.
Everyone knows that elderly people won’t dare to make unnecessary journey for fear of disease. It is a great sin to "punish" the elderly who travel in such a way. Train passengers are not the only ones facing discrimination in the country. Air Passengers also face massive exploitation. Air travelers are ill-fated to be overcharged several times a year. Rampant fare variations can also be seen in bus fares. Passengers can be protected from unilateral imposition of fares if there is a mechanism to regulate as in the case of electricity and telephone rates. The Central Organization of Railway Passengers has also made the same demand.