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

New Delhi : 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.

Altogether, 64 Railway Stations have been nominated for this service, till now including Rourkela and Jharsuguda in Odisha. More stations are being identified including at Khurda Road Railway Station in Odisha.  

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)

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.

This service is already available at Rourkela and Jharsuguda in Odisha. Further, more stations are being identified including at Khurda Road Railway Station and will be covered for provision of extended service counters progressively for the availability of the economy meals and water.