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https://www.irctc.co.in L ast year this author in public interest had written a note (here) with a few suggestions for improvements in Indian Railways. Links to that note were sent to concerned including the railway minister Shri Piyush Goyal ji. One of the suggestions was for improving the user interface of the IRCTC website where passengers book tickets online. It was a rather untidy and crowded interface although its workings were efficient. To the delight of this author and hundreds of thousands of users everywhere, this interface has now been improved. It has been updated to the best global standards that prevail in our world. The Dynamic Railway Minister Piyush Goyal deserves many compliments for this. There were two other suggestions in the note mentioned, that have not been addressed yet. It is hoped that the Railway Minister can inspire his ministry to make improvements here too. These are mentioned next, Waiting list System: The railway ministe...

Animal Kind Forest Underpasses O ver the past century, human population has increased manifold. In order to meet needs of this population forests have been cleared. This has put a great pressure on other animals for which forests are a home. Many are on verge of extinction. Over the last two decades extreme climate events have reminded humans that restoring forests is a way to stabilize climate. Needless to say, this is good news for forest animals. While new forests may be created, there is also a need to connect existing ones with forest corridors to increase breathing room for animals. An impediment in connecting forests or forest patches is the need for highways and railway lines that pass through them. A way to prevent this interruption is to construct a concrete underpass of a minimum length of 200 feet, a kind of tunnel through which the highway or rail line passes and over which a forest grows. A narrow corridor of forest can be protected by water channels ...