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Railways shone while Lalu was away
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Lalu Prasad has hardly been seen in Rail Bhavan in New Delhi during the last several months. So busy he has been with electoral politics in Bihar that he found little time to pay attention to the railway ministry. Even for presenting the railway budget last February, Lalu Prasad had to work hard to excuse himself from Bihar and be present in the Lok Sabha to read out the railway budget speech.

<b>That may well have been a blessing in disguise. In Lalu Prasad's long absence, his officials took charge of the Indian Railways and drove it rather well.</b>
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->But it is an open secret that Lalu Prasad's preoccupation with politics in Bihar left him with little time for anything else and that gave the Rail Bhavan mandarins a free hand to do what is good for the Indian Railways.

So, what did the officials do while the minister was away in Bihar? Well, they discovered the <b>Gujral formula </b>and put that to effective use.

The Gujral formula had a three-pronged strategy. <b>One, increase the freight load of each wagon by 8 tonnes. Two, ensure a longer and extended run by freight trains without changing the locomotive engines. And three, reduce the frequency of checking wagons and tracks during a journey.</b>
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Anyone know more of this Gujral forumla?