Misplaced priorities - Indian Railways begin online survey for bedrolls that only a few use

Indian Railways have mixed up its priorities – instead of concentrating on activities that would affect the majority, they want to focus attention on only a select group of passengers that does not constitute the masses. They want to improve passenger amenities and services and have, therefore, begun an online survey on consumers' preference of bedrolls which will cover aspects from cleanliness and hygienic conditions to their color and design choice.
This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 30 July 2015.

Incidentally, bedrolls are provided to only the passengers who travel in air-conditioned classes and that is only a handful – in mail and express trains, out of the 20-plus compartments, less than half are air-conditioned.
Anyway, the babus know best and, as per the news, the proforma can be filled up online by August 17. The questions asked in this survey include all aspects pertaining to bedrolls like cleanliness and hygienic conditions, color preference, size preference, design preference, fabric preference, possible charges.
It is revealed that the Indian Railways have signed a MoU with National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) to work on quality and design of bedrolls and related issues. Hence, this survey that has been designed to generate necessary data for implementation.
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