The protest strike was also held on February 6 but the train's departure was not delayed. The train departs from Mumbai at 4.35pm but it left the station at 4.55pm. The employees, whose jobs have been terminated are on the rolls of Indian Railway Catering and Ticketing Corporation (IRCTC), which provides catering services on many trains.
A IRCTC employee said, "There are a total of 250 people employed to provided onboard catering service. However, of these 60 have already been removed. We fear that many more will meet the same fate as the Indian Railway has planned to outsource the catering work to private firms."
On February 5, the train was delayed as the IRCTC has to make alternate arrangement to deploy the catering staff. Some of the staff was expected to board the train from enroute stations.
IRCTC spokesperson said, "We have IRCTC as well as outsource staff. The problem today was because of he outsource staff because of which the train got delayed. Efforts are underway to resolve the issue. We are sure that such a situation will not occur again tomorrow."
IRCTC is tying up with reputed food suppliers across the country so as to offer wide variety to passengers to choose from. IRCTC shall be a platform to make available to passengers the popular food items/brands in market, as an option to existing choices available. While passengers having waitlisted as well as confirmed ticket may book meals over phone,the facility through website is available for passengers having valid confirmed reservation ticket only.
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