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Railways plan to do away with pantry cars aboard trains
The Indian Railways are planning to
do away with cooking
arrangements in pantry cars and
instead aiming setting up 250 base
kitchens...
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across the country to
prepare about six lakh meals and
snacks a day.
The base kitchens, proposed to be
set up at all major stations,
including New Delhi, Nizamuddin,
Old Delhi, Howrah, Patna, Mumbai,
Bhubaneswar and other originating
stations and junctions, will prepare
the meals in hygenic conditions,
said a senior railway ministry
official involved with catering
service.
"Pantry cars in trains will be no
longer used for preparing foods
but for storing meals and snacks
prepared in the base kitchens," the
official said, adding that "Only hot
beverages like tea, coffee and soup
will be prepared in pantry cars."
There are 302 mail and express
trains having pantry cars for
preparing and serving food to
onboard passengers. Currently, the
Railways provide about six lakh
meals and snacks a day, including
the 91,000 meals being served in
Rajdhani, Duronto and Shatabdi
trains.
"The aim is to provide quality,
hygienic food to the passengers,"