NEW DELHI: Food served on Indian trains is prepared in filthy conditions with little regard for hygiene or health, a news channel said yesterday, citing a report by the state-run railways’ officials.
CNN-IBN said it had obtained an internal report that said food was cooked in “dirty, smelly and waterlogged pantry cars” and in one instance, ‘samosas’, a popular snack, were kept in a basket with cleaning mops.
The report also said passenger trains are infested with cockroaches, according to the English-language channel.
The report was prepared after a series of train inspections.
The junior railways minister, Adhir Ranjan, told the news channel “We accept that there is a problem. We are trying to rectify it.”
AFP
