Base Kitchen in Indian Railways
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has opened 08 Base kitchens. The details are as under:
SN |
Name of Station/Location |
State/UT |
1 |
Ahmedabad |
Gujarat |
2 |
Balasore |
Odisha |
3 |
Kharagpur |
West Bengal |
4 |
Sealdah |
West Bengal |
5 |
NOIDA |
Uttar Pradesh |
6 |
New Delhi (under renovation) |
Delhi |
7 |
Howrah |
West Bengal |
8 |
Rajendera Nagar -Patna |
Bihar |
In addition to above, IRCTC has upgraded 13 Kitchen Units in 2017-18 from where meals are supplied on trains also.
IRCTC is planning to set up Green Field Base Kitchens at the following locations. A budget target of capital expenditure ₹ 15 crores has been set by IRCTC for 2018-19, for setting up new/renovation of existing kitchen/production unit.
SN |
Base kitchen Location |
States |
1 |
Kanpur |
Uttar Pradesh |
2 |
Hazrat Nizzamudin |
Delhi |
3 |
Howrah |
West Bengal |
4 |
Rajendra Nagar Patna |
Bihar |
5 |
Secunderabad |
Telangana |
6 |
Vijayawada |
Andhra Pradesh |
7 |
Chennai Egmore |
Tamil Nadu |
8 |
Ahmadabad |
Gujarat |
9 |
Ratnagiri |
Maharashtra |
This information was given by the Minister of State of Railways, Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.