19th July, 2002
Ministry of Railways  


RAILWAYS TO LAUNCH PACKAGE DRINKING WATER SOON


RAJYA SABHA

Indian Railways will be launching package drinking water named Rail Neer to be priced at Rs. 10/- per 1000 ml bottle by this year end. To start with, Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a Public Limited Company under Ministry of Railways will be setting up plants in Delhi and Danapur for production of Rail Neer which will be for exclusive sale at railway premises and on trains.

More such plants will be set up by the Corporation across Indian Railways at suitable places in coming years.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Railways , Shri Bandaru Dattatraya in a written reply to a question by Dr. Alladi P.Rajkumar in the Rajya Sabha today.