A fine of Rs 1 lakh has been imposed on a vending contractor by the Indian Railways after a video surfaced suggesting mix of water from a train toilet in tea/coffee, the South Central Railway (SCR) said.
In the video that’s been viral on the social media for the past few days, it can be clearly seen that a vendor was seen coming out of a train toilet with tea/coffee cans, conveying that water was being mixed in the cans inside the toilet, it said.
The incident had occurred in December last year onboard Chennai Central "Hyderabad Charminar Express at Secunderabad railway station here.
"An inquiry was conducted, and on the basis of it stringent action has been taken against the Train Side Vending contractor for the section between Secunderabad and Kazipet, P Sivaprasad, with whom the identified vendor in the video was employed. A penalty of Rs 1 lakh has been levied on the licensee, through the IRCTC, the contracting agency," SCR Chief Public Relations Officer M Umashankar Kumar said in the release.
"Two other persons seen in the video were unauthorised hawkers,” he said.
"A strict vigil was continuously being kept at various levels to ensure that no such incidents recur in the SCR Zone,” the official added.
-PTC News