Now, with the use of debit cards and credit cards, passengers/commuters will be able to buy local train tickets from ATVM machines at stations. At present, the retrofitted point-of-sale (PoS) devices are being tested by the Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS)
While Madhya Pradesh's Habibganj station will be ready by December, Gujarat's Gandhinagar station will be completed by January 2019, said S K Lohia, the Indian Railway Station Development Corporation (IRSDC) Managing Director and CEO.
The amenities at the station will include 600 additional waiting benches, cleaner toilets, retail areas, and Lohia said The IRSDC was exploring other ideas such as video-game zones, virtual museums.
The new-look Habibganj railway station will boast of a glass dome-like structure and have facilities such as food plazas and cafeterias and a plush waiting lounge.
I am sure in their defence they will say they are still using water from bathroom Sink whereas most Restaurants in Kolkata are using Stray Dogs and cats meat or dead animal's from dump yard in the name of Chicken/mutton with non veg dishes
Advocate1: The footage doesn't show evidence that the tea was served/sold.
Advocate2: The cans are empty and they are cleaning the cans. It's a routine in most of the trains.
GM, Railways: The cans are cleaned immediately for hygiene purpose. The cans are later treated at cleaning plants using high quality cleaning mechanism
Advocate 3: The person who shot the video abused our employees and beat them up for no reason. Once of them is hospitalised.
Judge: Lack of evidence. Case dismissed. Police should file FIR against the videographer and take him to custody.
“An inquiry was conducted, and on the basis of it stringent action has been taken up against the Train Side Vending contractor for the section between Secunderabad and Kazipet, P Sivaprasad, with whom the identified vendor in the video was employed... A penalty of Rs 1 lakh has been levied on the licensee, through the IRCTC, the contracting agency,” SCR chief public relations officer M Umashankar Kumar said in the release.
Two other people, who are unauthorised hawkers, are also seen in the video, he said.
A decision to carry out the trial with "push and pull" technique was taken at a railway committee meeting convened by Central Railway general manager D K Sharma.
WR's chief public relations officer Raviner Bhakar said, "Though the engine will be attached to the rear, its operations will be carried by the loco pilot in the front locomotive. We need technical upgrade for perfect synchronisation between the locomotives for speed and braking."
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