Good News! Now you will get food of your choice while traveling in train

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Indian Railway News/IRCTC Updates: If you like to travel by train then this news is special for you. Yes… A decision has been taken by the Railway Board which can give you relief. The board has asked its catering and tourism arm ‘IRCTC’ to serve local and regional cuisine as well as food suitable for diabetics, infants and people seeking nutritious diet. ‘IRCTC’ has been given the freedom to include such dishes in its ‘menu’.

why the decision was taken

According to a circular sent by the Railway Board to the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited ( IRCTC ) , the move is aimed at improving the catering services on trains and giving more options to passengers. Accordingly, in view of improving the catering services in the train, the decision to make the menu of IRCTC more flexible has been taken by the Railways. This has been done to include regional cuisine, seasonal dishes, festival essentials, food for diabetics and babies.

What in the ‘prepaid’ train

In a circular sent by the Railway Board to IRCTC, it was also said that the fixed charges of food for passengers of ‘prepaid’ trains may be changed accordingly. Meal charges are included in the ‘prepaid’ train passenger fare. Let us tell you here that food and drink money is added to the fare of trains like Rajdhani-Shatabdi, Duronto.

Passengers got this facility during Navratri

If you remember, there was a good news for the passengers traveling in the train during Navratri. Actually, IRCTC had decided to give Navratri special food to the people during the journey. During the train journey, passengers were able to order their favorite food and get pure-vegetarian food on the seat. After this announcement by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, there was a wave of happiness among the railway passengers.

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