Railway to give Rs 20 meals, packed bottles to passengers travelling in general coach

Indian Railways has determined to supply inexpensive meals and packaged water designed specifically for general coach passengers to make their journey expertise higher.

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The Indian Railways has determined to supply inexpensive meals and packaged water designed specifically for general coach passengers to make their journey expertise higher, officers mentioned on Wednesday. Counters serving these meals can be positioned on platforms aligning with the general coaches, in accordance to an order issued by the Railway Board. 

The meals have been divided into two classes. The sort one consists of seven ‘pooris’ with dry ‘aaloo’ and pickle for a worth of Rs 20. The sort two meal would price Rs 50 and supply passengers one thing from an assortment of South Indian meals resembling rice, rajma, chhole, khichdi kulche, bhature, pao-bhaji and masala dosa.

The Railway Board has issued directions to officers involved to make provision for economic system meals and inexpensive packaged ingesting water to be served by counters to be positioned on the platform close to GS coaches. GS coaches refer to the general seating coach. It is a second-class unreserved coach. Normally each practice together with mail/specific trains has a minimum of two GS coaches one close to the locomotive and one on the finish of the practice.

Anyone with a General/Unreserved ticket purchased from the counter can journey in these compartments. The meals are to be provided from the kitchen items (Refreshment Rooms – RRs and Jan Ahaars – JAs) of IRCTC,” the order said. 

The location of those counters is to be determined by railway zones in order to align these counters with the placement of GS coaches on platforms, it mentioned. The provision of those prolonged service counters on the platforms has been accomplished on an experimental foundation for a interval of six months.

As of now, the availability has been carried out at 51 stations and it is going to be accessible at 13 extra from Thursday. Officials mentioned that efforts are being made to present ingesting water glasses of 200 ml at these counters. Officials mentioned this has been began for passenger comfort specifically in these coaches which are sometimes overcrowded.

(With inputs from PTI)