IRCTC to set up Green Field Base Kitchens at 9 locations

The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has decided to soon establish Green Field Base Kitchens at as many as 9 locations. The locations selected for setting up these kitchens include Kanpur, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Howrah, Rajendra Nagar Patna, Secunderabad, Vijayawada, Chennai Egmore, Ahmadabad and Ratnagiri.

Rajen Gohain, Minister of State for Railways, said, "IRCTC is planning to set up Green Field Base Kitchens at the following locations. A budget target of capital expenditure Rs 15 crores has been set by IRCTC for 2018-19, for setting up new/renovation of existing kitchen/production unit."

In order to win customers' trust and the hygienic conditions that food is prepared in, IRCTC has further started live streaming of its kitchens.

IRCTC has also launched 8 base kitchens at Ahmadabad, Balasore, Kharagpur, Sealdah, Noida, New Delhi (under renovation), Howrah and Rajendra Nagar Patna.