March 16, 2022
Sunil Mondal asks a Supplementary Question on the food quality and catering facilities in trains
Hon. Speaker, Sir, I would like to express my sincere thanks to you for giving me the opportunity to speak on the most prominent topic, that is, recruitment in the Railways. In the answer paper I have received, a list of the Railway vacancies is given, but the Centralised Employment Notice Number has not been given in it. Being a Member of the Standing Committee on Railways, I have discussed about it. The Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Railways and others also spoke about the vacant posts in the Railways. I want to get details regarding it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, through you, I want to ask a question to the Minister of Railways. Every notification mentions a number. As per Notification No. 1/2018, the total number of vacancies was 57,839. Sir, my second supplementary question is this. It has come to ournotice that IRCTC takes the tender for onboard catering service, which is further given to third-parties as tender by IRCTC. As a result, the quality of food served deteriorates. I personally have received a lot of complaints about this matter previously. Also, it has come to my notice that in trains, like Sealdah Rajdhani, Howrah Rajdhani, and other Rajdhani Express Train where more than thousand passengers travel daily, there is only one pantry car in the entire train due to which food hygiene and service gets affected badly. Mr. Honourable Speaker Sir, through you, I want to ask the question to the Railway Minister. In trains like these where we have more than thousand passengers, is there any plan of the Government to have two pantry cars for easy and smooth service?
