IRCTC food joints at Metro stations
11 April 2013 6:50 AM IST
Passengers travelling on Delhi Metro can now enjoy quality snacks and delicacies at reasonable rates with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism and Corporation (IRCTC) opening its first set of food kiosks in stations on the green line this weekend.
Called Food Track, these kiosks will offer light snacks like sandwich, samosa, burger, pizza, rolls to mini meals like rajma-chawal, chhole-chawal and kadi-chawal.
Each of these five food stalls is estimated to cater to over 5,000 commuters per day initially, said an official from IRCTC.
The outlets will be opened at Paschim Vihar (east & west), Peera Garhi, Udyog Nagar and Surajmal Stadium stations.
The official said only branded company food items and cooked items meeting hazard analysis and critical control points accreditation with Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, will be sold through the kiosks.
IRCTC has already signed a MoU with DMRC to operate food joints at 130 Delhi Metro stations in the capital.
IRCTC, a Railway PSU, used to serve food on board trains till a few years back, when the services were taken back by the Railways with the new catering policy. Since then, it has spread its wings running cafeteria and food courts in various government offices and educational institutes.
Some of the popular IRCTC food joints are in Shastri Bhawan, Udyog Bhawan, South Block, Writers Building (Kolkata), IIM Indore and Delhi university. IRCTC's ultra-modern central kitchen is situated at Noida where it produces around 10,000 meals a day, which are served to various MNCs, BPOs, and educational institutes in and around the satellite city.
Called Food Track, these kiosks will offer light snacks like sandwich, samosa, burger, pizza, rolls to mini meals like rajma-chawal, chhole-chawal and kadi-chawal.
Each of these five food stalls is estimated to cater to over 5,000 commuters per day initially, said an official from IRCTC.
The outlets will be opened at Paschim Vihar (east & west), Peera Garhi, Udyog Nagar and Surajmal Stadium stations.
The official said only branded company food items and cooked items meeting hazard analysis and critical control points accreditation with Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, will be sold through the kiosks.
IRCTC has already signed a MoU with DMRC to operate food joints at 130 Delhi Metro stations in the capital.
IRCTC, a Railway PSU, used to serve food on board trains till a few years back, when the services were taken back by the Railways with the new catering policy. Since then, it has spread its wings running cafeteria and food courts in various government offices and educational institutes.
Some of the popular IRCTC food joints are in Shastri Bhawan, Udyog Bhawan, South Block, Writers Building (Kolkata), IIM Indore and Delhi university. IRCTC's ultra-modern central kitchen is situated at Noida where it produces around 10,000 meals a day, which are served to various MNCs, BPOs, and educational institutes in and around the satellite city.
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