IRCTC to resume e-catering services from next month in relief to passengers

In a massive relief to passengers, IRCTC will resume its e-catering providers from up coming month, a assertion from the railways’ catering arm said on Friday.

Due to onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent unprecedented lockdown, e-catering providers were being suspended on March 22, 2020.

IRCTC, the catering and tourism arm of the Indian Railways, is going to restart its e-catering providers for passengers travelling in the particular trains that are at this time functioning.

IRCTC had began this exclusive services in the calendar year 2014 whereby passengers could buy an array of foods of their decision from reputed models as properly as well-liked regional and nearby delicacies on cell phone or on the internet when travelling on trains and get the exact shipped to their seats at the railway station.

For the duration of the pre-COVID period, IRCTC had began clocking twenty,000 e-catering orders for every day.

Now, with the gradual resumption of passenger practice providers and amidst the new ordinary, wherein IRCTC is serving only ‘Ready To Eat’ foods to passengers on trains, there has been an raise demand for resumption of e-catering providers.

With the authorization from the Railways Ministry coming in, IRCTC is prepared to resume the e-catering providers in a phased manner from February, the assertion said.

In the beginning providers will be began in close to 30 railway stations catering to about 250 trains.

“IRCTC is making sure that all its e-catering associates make sure correct overall health and cleanliness protocols when serving the foods to the passengers.

“The passengers shall avail the providers of e-catering through www.ecatering.irctc.com. e-catering orders through telephone is also staying restored more than 1323 soon. Travellers can also download IRCTC e-catering application ‘Food On Track’ from the many application outlets and avail e-catering providers. For advantage of the passengers selection of money on supply has also been supplied,” it said.

(Only the headline and image of this report may perhaps have been reworked by the Company Regular workers the rest of the content material is car-created from a syndicated feed.)

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