Poll meals on tracks for 2.70L paramilitary forces

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Poll meals on tracks for 2.70L paramilitary forces

Sunday, 17 March 2019 | Rakesh K Singh | New Delhi

Poll meals on tracks for 2.70L paramilitary forces

As the world’s largest democracy goes to polls in 2019, a massive mobilisation of the Central paramilitary forces has been effected with the Railways set to run 260 Election Special Trains and Splinter Coaches with each train carrying 1,000 personnel. Splinter Coaches are additional coaches attached to a regular train on a route to accommodate additional passengers.

And, since the uniformed men cannot be on empty stomach while in transit, the Union Home Ministry has directed the IRCTC, the catering arm of the Railways, to arrange meals at a short notice from the caterer’s facilities and private vendors when the Mini Ratna’s facilities are not available on the routes.

In fact, the MHA itself finalised the menu for the meals. The menu will not only take care of the taste buds of the personnel but also their nutritional requirement and hygiene.

This is the first time that the Government is to provide  meals for the paramilitary personnel during transit for electoral duties. Earlier, only trains were booked and the jawans were left to procure food from their own pocket and

depending upon the availability of food at railway halts or in some cases the pantry of the train.

The Centre has provided 2.7 lakh paramilitary personnel at the disposal of the Election for the free and fair conduct of the seven-phased Parliamentary elections commencing on April 11.

Lunch and dinner each will be worth `105 minus GST and breakfast will be of `70. In addition to the meals, the IRCTC will also provide a toilet kit comprising soap, shampoo sachet, hair oil sachet, toothpaste, toothbrush and comb worth `15.

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