'I was traumatised': Vande Bharat passenger finds dead cockroach in meal; IRCTC responds

The Indian Railways has once more come underneath scrutiny for its hygiene and meals high quality. In a surprising incident, a passenger travelling from Rani Kamlapati to Jabalpur Junction on the Rewa Vande Bharat Categorical discovered a useless cockroach in his meal. Paying attention to the incident, IRCTC responded to the viral submit on social media platform X. 

The passenger Shubhendu Keshari took to X and posted photographs of the non-vegetarian thali he acquired on the practice. Within the footage one can clearly see a cockroach within the meal. 

“I used to be travelling on 1/02/2024 practice no. 20173 RKMP to JBP (Vande Bharat Exp)  I used to be traumatized by seeing useless COCKROACH within the meals packet given by them. @narendramodi @AshwiniVaishnaw @drmjabalpur @wc_railway @Central_Railway @RailMinIndia @IRCTCofficial @fssaiindia @MOFPI_GOI,” the submit learn.

Alongside the meal pictures, Keshari even shared an image of the grievance kind he crammed out at Jabalpur station disclosing the unhygienic situation of the meals served on practice.

IRCTC responded to the incident and issued an apology to the passenger for the distressing expertise. The caption learn, “Sir, our honest apology for the expertise you had. The matter is considered critically, and the hefty penalty has been imposed on the involved service supplier. Furthermore, monitoring has been strengthened on the supply.”

This isn’t the primary time that issues are raised concerning IRCTC meals high quality. Final 12 months in July, a passenger encountered an analogous incident. He had shared the image of his meal that confirmed a cockroach within the roti served on the Vande Bharat Categorical practice from Bhopal to Gwalior.  

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