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Monday, 4 January 2016

08:09

WOMEN SELF-HELP GROUPS TO PROVIDE FOOD ON TRAINS

WOMEN SELF-HELP GROUPS TO PROVIDE FOOD ON TRAINS

Passengers travelling in trains will soon have the option of enjoying food prepared by some women’s self help groups as Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is planning to tie up with them to enhance its e-catering portfolio. “The proposed association with SHGs is part of our plan to empower women,” said IRCTC Chairman and Managing Director A.K. Manocha.

In other news, Railways will start a new train between Jammu and Haridwar by March this year. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said at an event in Jammu on Saturday that steps are being taken to increase rail connectivity of Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of the country.PTI

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Tuesday, 24 November 2015

23:02

Foodpanda offers menus from over 12,000 restaurants across more than 200 cities for train passengers

Foodpanda offers menus from over 12,000 restaurants across more than 200 cities for train passengers

Foodpanda, IRCTC partner to offer meals during Indian Railways train journey

Online food ordering platform Foodpanda today said it has partnered with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to allow passengers order food from restaurants during their train journeys.

IRCTC is a subsidiary of the Indian Railways that handles catering, tourism and online ticketing operations.

A pilot of the proposed association will be launched at the New Delhi Railway station, Foodpanda said in a statement, without disclosing the timeline.

After Delhi, the service will be extended to more cities like Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune and Chennai in due course of time, it added.

Foodpanda offers menus from over 12,000 restaurants across more than 200 cities.

Passengers can pre-order their meals from the options available for delivery at the opted station. However, they will have to order meals at least 2 hours in advance of the train arrival at the selected station.

Foodpanda will align the delivery of food with the train arrival time at the selected station, fulfilling the transaction through its own delivery arm.

Consumers will have the option of prepaid or cash on delivery.

“Our association with IRCTC will be an offering which addresses a huge consumer need prevailing for years. For long, consumers had limited food options to choose from while travelling with Indian railways but the newly launched e-catering service by IRCTC (approved by Ministry of Railways) is set to change the way Indians eat while travelling,” Foodpanda CEO Saurabh Kochhar said.

Robin Kalita, Director (Catering Services) at IRCTC said the aim is to offer wider choices to consumers.

“We are happy that we will be able to offer wider food choices to our consumers with this association, and once our pilot project is successful, we will extend the service to more locations,” he added.

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Saturday, 18 July 2015

20:05

Prabhu urges people to participate in development, digitisation of Railways

Prabhu urges people to participate in development, digitisation of Railways

Saturday, July 18, 2015, Pune: Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu today urged the people to participate in the development and digitisation process of Indian Railways, while sharing their views for the better prospects and development of the country.

Addressing the students as the Chief Guest for the centenary celebrations of Sir Parshuram College, Mr Prabhu said the PM Modi govt had acquired the largest investments for Railways and the business magazine of UK ‘Economist’ had also praised their development programme.

The lack of a proper development model in the past years had created many problems for the passengers. He also said that he will try to bring more investments to the Railways and focus on increasing the tracks, whose length has not been increased in the past years.

Education is important and it will be more important in future, he stressed.

Mr Prabhu further said that they have concentrated on making a strong foundation to build a better future for the nation, adding that 67 announcements made by him in the Railway Budget have been fulfilled till date.

Speaking on the Railways, Mr Prabhu appealed to the citizens to help maintain the cleanliness of the railway stations. The Modi government has taken a major programme to develop 400 railway stations in every aspect.

They will also be working for the environment, by planting lakhs of trees on both sides of the railway tracks; for saving power, they will be installing solar power plants; and there will be an audit for water usage to help preserve it.

Mr Prabhu pointed out that RO Water Filtration Plants will be installed for safe drinking water; and with E-Catering, which has been started, commuters can enjoy their choice of food.  – UNI

 Source :DayandNightNews
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07:42

Hygiene Food Service from IRCTC?

Don't like the food on train? Indian Railways wants your feedback 

NEW DELHI: In its bid to improve hygiene, food quality and services in trains, the Indian Railways has started collecting feedback from the public from this month. "The feedback service is in line with the emphasis given by rail minister Suresh Prabhu on the best connect between railway administration and railway users," the railway ministry said in a statement. 

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has been entrusted with the job of collecting the feedback, which will be done through an Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) with the number '139'. Under this system, passengers are being contacted randomly on their mobile phones to gather their feedback about the facilities provided by the Railways in six areas -- cleanliness of station/platform/train, quality of catering, level of cooling of AC, quality of food, punctuality of t .. 

Out of the six facilities, a passenger is asked to send his/her feedback on only two facilities. They are given three options of pressing on mobile: 2 (Two) for Good, 1 (one) for Satisfactory and 0 (Zero) for unsatisfactory/Bad with regard to a particular amenity. 

On an average 60-70 calls per day, per train are being made and efforts are on to make approximately one lakh successful calls per day to passengers of mail/ express trains, the ministry added.

The service was initially being tested on a few trains. The move, according to the ministry, is part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative of Swachh Bharat campaign to provide better service to passengers travelling in trains. 


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Thursday, 18 June 2015

09:29

EASTERN RAILWAY’S ALL OUT EFFORT TO IMPROVE CATERING SERVICES FURTHER.

EASTERN RAILWAY’S ALL OUT EFFORT TO IMPROVE CATERING SERVICES FURTHER. 

Kolkata, June 16, 2015

Eastern Railway has adopted a series of steps for further improvement of catering services in Mail/Express trains. Intensive cleaning of Pantry Cars is being made prior to commencement of journey followed by periodical paste control in Pantry Cars. Random inspection, regular inspection and a week long drive was undertaken in the Pantry Car to see the quality of food and hygienic point of view. Eastern Railway has already introduced analysis of customer opinion by introducing the system of distributing ‘Feedback Forms’. A catering complaint monitoring cell (Phone No. 138) was instituted where the passengers can lodge suggestion/complaints directly to this cell.

To ensure proper food quality and hygiene, samples were regularly collected for testing by accredited laboratory as well as by the food testing laboratory at Eastern Railway’s hospital. Regular inspections are being made by Joint Food Safety Commissioner and by medical officers and health inspectors. Prompt actions are also taken against misbranded, substandard and unsafe food samples. Along with these, regular medical examinations are made to assess fitness of food handlers by nominated railway officers.

Eastern Railway adopted some future plans for further modernization of the catering services. Sites are chosen for Base Kitchen at Howrah, Sealdah and Asansol stations which will be equipped by most modern kitchen gadgets. Actions are already initiated for engaging Audit Firms to undertake a Third Party Audit of Pantry Car services. Proposals are also under consideration for installation of outlets at Howrah and Sealdah stations by Branded food companies.

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Wednesday, 17 June 2015

09:33

Food Safety Officers to Ensure Hygienic Food Distribution to Passengers

Food Safety Officers to Ensure Hygienic Food Distribution to Passengers

NEW DELHI:  Railways has made yoga mandatory at all its training centres across the country and plans to cover all its employees by 2020.
    
Steps are being taken for providing mandatory yoga training at all railway training centres to cover all employees by 2019-20, Railway Board Member (Staff) Pradeep Kumar said in New Delhi on Tuesday.
    
Railways has several training centres for imparting training to its officers, loco pilots, technicians and other services' employees across the country.

As per the action plan, now yoga has become compulsory as part of training for which instructors are being hired.
     
Railways is also gearing up to participate on the international yoga day on June 21 in a big way.
     
Instructions have been issued to all our zonal headquarters, divisions, field units and centres to be part of the yoga camp on June 21, he said.
   
Kumar said directions were also issued to keep rail premises clean and environment-friendly.

Railways has also appointed food safety officers at all 78 divisions in the country to ensure hygienic food at railway premises and in trains, he said.

Earlier, only one food safety officer looked after four divisions together

Source :NDTV
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Sunday, 17 August 2014

04:41

Agencies for installation of Lifts and Escalators at Mangalore, Palakkad, fixed

Agencies for installation of Lifts and Escalators at Mangalore, Palakkad, fixed

Mangalore (MAQ): Agencies for undertaking the civil work for installation of lifts and escalators at Palakkad Junction and Mangalore Central stations have been fixed, said Palakkad Divisional Railway Manager Anand Prakash, who reviewed the performance of the division during the period April to July 2014 on Friday.

Pointing out railway minister DV Sadananda Gowda will be laying foundation stone for Road Under Bridge in lieu of level crossing No. 146-B on Padil-Bajal Road at Kankanady at Mangalore Junction Railway Station on Saturday, the DRM said non-vegetarian restaurants have been opened in Platform No.2 at Palakkad Junction, Shoranur Junction, Kozhikode and Mangalore Central stations with instructions to provide hygienic service of food.

He also said a 10-bed non-AC dormitory at Mangalore Central station had been allotted for the use of Women passengers. A separate section of the waiting hall at Mangalore has been set apart exclusively for child care and for lactating mothers.

Regarding the performance, he said Palakkad division recorded Rs.391 crore as total earnings in the first four months of this year as compared to Rs 350 crore which is more than Rs 41 crore of previous year.

The number of passengers carried during this year so far, is 2.62 crore as compared to 2.58 crore previous year which shows an increase of 1.55%. This was the highlight of the speech of Palakkad DRM Anand Prakash during Independence Day celebrations. His speech reviewed the performance of the Division during the period April to July 2014.
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