BANDARU DATTATRAYA CALLS FOR IMPROVED
PASSENGER AMENTITIES AT OLD DELHI RAILWAY STATION
The Minister of State
for Railways, Shri Bandaru Dattatraya made a surprise visit to
the Old Delhi Railway Station today and inspected the overall
passenger amenities, punctuality, cleanliness and new facilities
provided in the running room for the loco pilots. The Minister,
who spent more than two hours at the station, interacted with
passengers, especially senior citizens and women passengers and
enquired about punctuality of trains and passenger comforts. Shri
Dattatreya has shown keen interest in the quality and availability
of drinking water provided on platforms and station premises.
The Minister checked the quality of drinking water and instructed
the officials to provide more taps especially on platform No.1
and 2.
After inspecting
the running room and model room meant for loco pilots, the Minister
said that more such facilities should be made available as envisaged
in the recently announced Corporate Safety Plan. The Minister,
after checking the quality of food served to the loco pilots and
other staff, urged the administration to improve its quality and
to pay special attention to overall cleanliness. Expressing his
happiness over the most modern food plaza opened last week at
the Station, the Minister said that Indian Railways were in the
process of opening similar ones at important stations to step
up passenger comforts. Run by private entrepreneurs with the assistance
of Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), the
Food Plaza serves 200 different food items at affordable prices.
