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KOLKATA, 22 JULY 2023:
Railway Board vide letter dt. 27.06.2023, issued instructions for provision of economy meals, snacks/combo meals to be served through extended service counters to be placed at platform near GS coaches to facilitate service of economy meals, snacks/combo meals and affordable packaged drinking water to passengers travelling in GS coaches of the trains.
The meals are to be supplied from the kitchen units (Refreshment Rooms – RRs & Jan Ahaars – JAs) of IRCTC.
The location of these counters is to be decided by Zonal Railways so as to align these counters with the location of GS coaches on platforms. The provision of this extended service counters at the platforms has been done on an experimental basis for a period of 06 months.
IRCTC Zones have been advised to implement the services through the kitchen units (RRs & JAs) for facilitating passengers of GS coaches with the Economy & Snack Meals along with affordable packaged drinking water. IRCTC Zones have also been advised to undertake this activity in due coordination with Zonal Railways.
The extended service counters have been commissioned at various stations. The list of stations is as below:
Provision of Service Counters of RR/JA at Stations.
Meal Type -1 :
Economy Meal- 07 poori (175 gm), Dry Aloo veg. (150 Gm) & pickle (12 gm) @ Rs.20/- (incl. GST)
Meal Type -2 :
Snack Meal (350 Gm) Assortment of South Indian Rice or Rajma/ Chole – Rice or Khichdi or Kulche/Bhature- Chole or Pao-Bhaji or Masala Dosa @ Rs. 50/- (incl. GST)
SN Zone
Zonal
Railway Division Station Unit type
1
North Zone
(10)
NWR
Jaipur Phulera RR
2 Ajmer Ajmer RR
3 Jaipur Rewari RR
4 Ajmer Abu Road RR
5 Jodhpur Nagaur RR
6 Jaipur Jaipur RR
7 Jaipur Alwar RR
8 Ajmer Udaipur RR
9 Ajmer Ajmer JA
10 NCR Agra Cantt. Mathura RR
11
East Zone (29)
ER Asansol Durgapur RR
12 ER Asansol Asansol Jn. JA
13 ER Sealdah Sealdah JA
14 ER Asansol Madhupur RR
15 ER Asansol Jasidih RR
16 ECR Kharagpur Balasore JA
17 SER Kharagpur Kharagpur JA
18 SER Kharagpur Hijli JA
19 ER Howrah Rampurhat RR
20 NFR Alipurduar New Coochbehar JA
21 NFR Alipurduar New Alipurduar RR
22 NFR Katihar Katihar RR
23 NFR Katihar New Tinsukia RR
24 NFR Lumding Kamakhya JA
25 NFR Rangiya Naharlagun JA
26 NFR Rangiya Rangiya RR
27 ECR Dhanbad Dhanbad RR
28 ECR Samastipur Rauxal RR
29 ECR Samastipur Samastipur RR
30 ECR Samastipur Betiah RR
31 ECR Samastipur Narkatiaganj RR
32 ECR Danapur Kiul RR
33 ECR Danapur Buxar RR
34 ECR Danapur Mokama RR
35 ECR Danapur Baktiyarpur RR
36 SER Chakradharpur Tatanagar JA
37 SER Chakradharpur Rourkela Jn RR
38 SER Chakradharpur Jharsuguda JA
39 SER Ranchi Ranchi RR
40 South central
Zone(03)
SECR Bilaspur Bilaspur JA
41 SECR Raipur Raipur RR
42 SECR Nagpur Gondia RR
43
South Zone (9)
SR Tiruchchirappalli Mayiladuthurai VRR
44 SR Madurai Virudhnagar RR
45 SWR Hubli Hubballi RR
46 SWR Bengaluru Benagaluru RR
47 SR Trivandrum Nagarcoil RR
48 SR Trivandrum Thiruanathapuram RR
49 SR Palakkad Mangalore Jn. RR
50 SR Salem Salem RR
51 SR Salem Erode RR
52
West Zone(13)
WCR Jabalpur Sagour JA
53 WCR Jabalpur Satna JA
54 WCR Jabalpur Pipariya JA
55 CR Nagpur Nagpur JA
56 CR Pune Pune JA
57 CR Bhusawal Manmad RR
58 CR Bhusawal Khandwa RR
59 WR Rajkot Rajkot RR
60 WR Ratlam Chittaurgarh RR
61 WR Rajkot Surendra Nagar RR
62 WR CSMT MMCT JA
63 CR CSTM LTT JA
64 CR Bhusaval Bhusawal RR
Stations covered from Sn 1 to 51 have already been implemented. Stations from SN 52 to
64 are being implemented and will be completed by tomorrow. With regard to water
glasses of 200 ml packaged drinking water efforts are being made to source at stations
wherever feasible and till such time 1 Ltr bottle of PDW is available.
Further, more stations are being identified and will be covered for provision of extended
service counters progressively for the availability of the economy meals and water.
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