IRCTC hands over catering service to ECR

PATNA: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation ( IRCTC) has finally handed over catering services to the East Central Railway ( ECR ) of passenger trains originating from all major stations under five divisions of the zone. It follows sudden change in the catering policy of the railway ministry. The IRCTC will now look after only e-ticketing and tourism in the railways.

According to Patna-based IRCTC regional manager A K Jha, the IRCTC had been providing catering services in about 22 pairs of passenger trains under the ECR. While the IRCTC is likely to hand over charge of catering services of the prestigious Patna-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, Garib Rath and Farakka Express in a week, it has already handed over catering charge of the rest of the passenger trains to the ECR s commercial department , he said.