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RAILWAYS : PROVISION OF ECONOMY MEALS AND AFFORDABLE PACKAGED DRINKING WATER AT PLATFORM NEAR GS COACHES

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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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