Numerous railway networks across the nation have crumbled because of certain difficulties the sector has encountered over the long haul.
Talking at a workshop on the new railway master plan, the Deputy Minister for Railways Development, Kwaku Asante Boateng referenced that a portion of the difficulties incorporate, the absence of legitimate upkeep, occasioned by insufficient funds.
He explained that the sector has been rivaling other basic necessities of government subsequently the reason numerous railway initiatives aimed toward decreasing tension out and about network have slowed down.
"We have contending needs as a country. We have the education sector rivaling health, rivaling the Agric sector, and with regards to proritising our needs and we have health challenges, we have educational difficulties with the construction of rail is pushed to the background since it's not quick."
As per him, projects are regularly deserted because of the distant significance of rail construction in the country, where its immediate effect isn't felt.
In any case, the equivalent can't be said for our basic sectors, for example, health and education, which require extra financing since they can't be conceded.
"So at whatever point government is limitation monetarily, development of rail or such a capital-escalated adventure are consigned to the background," he added.