21st February, 2003
Ministry of Railways  


RAIL NEER IN OFFING


Rajya Sabha

Two plants are being set up in the first phase – one at Nagloi, Delhi and the other at Danapur, Bihar to launch Rail Neer (bottled water) on Railways. The plant at Delhi has been commissioned and the product will be available shortly in the Northern states of the country after obtaining certification of BIS. The second plant is under construction at Danapur.

Once the operation of these two plants stabilizes, further expansion to other areas will be contemplated in phases. At that stage, the issue of establishing a plant in

Tamilnadu will be examined.

This information was given by the minister of State for Railways Shri Bandaru Dattatraya in a written reply to a question from Smt. S.G. Indira in the Rajya Sabha today.