Ticket to Ride ; the Innovative Golden Chariot Will Need to Quickly Iron Out Some Operating Niggles If It Is to Be a Successful Luxury Train.
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March 10, 2008Bangalore
The Golden Chariot, A luxury train run by the Government of Karnataka, runs into controversy before it can even get started from Bangalore's suburban Yeshvanthpur railway station. A group, calling itself (rather wordily) the Karnataka State Committee Against Alcohol Consumption, protests at the main entrance against alcohol being served on board in a special compartment aptly named Madira (meaning alcohol in Hindi). We are ruining the country's and the state's culture by promoting alcohol consumption, screams an extremely vocal A.T. Babu, Convener of this until recently unheard of forum. Ten minutes after he and around 20 of his cohorts stage their very vocal protests, calling for Karnataka Tourism Secretary I.M. Vittala Murthy's head, they quickly disperse as the last passengers climb aboard the Golden Chariot.See the full content of this document
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Ticket to Ride ; the Innovative Golden Chariot Will Need to Quickly Iron Out Some Operating Niggles If It Is to Be a Successful Luxury Train.
The latest addition to India's luxury train circuit has been in the works for a couple of years now, but its launch has been delayed from the beginning of the tourist season (September) last year to March, just when summer is beginning to set in and foreign tourist arrivals are beginni...
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