Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has opened 08 Base kitchens. The details are as under:
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SN
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Name of Station/Location
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State/UT
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1
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Ahmedabad
|
Gujarat
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|
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.
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SN
|
Base kitchen Location
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States
|
|
1
|
Kanpur
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Uttar Pradesh
|
|
2
|
Hazrat Nizzamudin
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Delhi
|
|
3
|
Howrah
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West Bengal
|
|
4
|
Rajendra Nagar Patna
|
Bihar
|
|
5
|
Secunderabad
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Telangana
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|
6
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Vijayawada
|
Andhra Pradesh
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|
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.
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