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Days after CAG report said ‘Railway food not fit for human consumption’ lizard found in rice

A lizard with a serving of rice biryani was served to a passenger of the Poorva Express on Wednesday.

Days after CAG report said ‘Railway food not fit for human consumption’ lizard found in rice
The passenger underwent a ‘check-up’ in Danapur and was also provided medicine. Image Source: IANS/File Photo
Key Highlights:
  • The lizard in the food was discovered by a passenger after Mokama station on the Poorva Express.
  • The passenger tweeted the image to the Ministry of Railways.
  • A check-up and medicine was given to the complainant at Danapur.

A lizard with a serving of rice was served to a passenger aboard the Poorva Express on Wednesday. The image was tweeted out by ANI news agency at 9am this morning.

The passenger underwent a ‘check-up’ in Danapur and was also provided medicine, Divisional Railway Manager, Kishor Kumar said while adding that action will be taken after a probe into the incident.

The passenger said he ordered food in Mokama and found the lizard in it. He complained to the TTE and the canteen manager and thereafter tweeted the image to the Indian Railway Ministry.

The tweet by ANI cited the passenger saying he was given medical assistance ‘really late.’

This comes days after the Comptroller and Auditor General of India said on Saturday that the food sold at Indian railway stations was ‘unfit for human consumption.’

"Articles unsuitable for human consumption, contaminated foodstuff, recycled foodstuff, shelf life expired packaged and bottled items, unauthorised brands of water bottles, etc., were offered for sale on stations," an article by PTI quoted the CAG report.

CAG undertook an investigation of food sold at 74 stations and 80 trains, covering the period from 2013 to 2016.

Poorva Express is the daily superfast express train of the Indian railways, which runs between Howrah, West Bengal, and New Delhi.

Also Read: CAG report says Indian railways food not fit for human consumption

Written By: ZeeBiz WebTeam
Updated: Wed, Jul 26, 2017
10:52 am
Mumbai, ZeeBiz WebDesk
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