Citizens suggestions for clean
pantry food in Lalbagh Express
Train number: 2607/2608
Submitted to:
Smt.Mamata Banerjee,
Honourable Minister for Indian
Railways.
Shri.K.H.Muniyappa,
Honourable Minister of State for
Indian Railways.
By
Jayaprakash Kulkarni,
Chaitanya Eranki, Sajith PC

Background

Lalbagh express carries 1200
passengers between Bangalore-
Chennai in one direction every
day

Lalbagh express has a pantry
car which serves hot food at good
prices to users

We are regular passengers in
the train and travel every
weekend

With the rise of epidemic like
Swine flu, we felt the need for
cleaner food service from the
pantry

Food is carried in open
containers

Food is carried in open
containers

Food can get easily
contaminated by fellow
passengers coughing or
sneezing or from germs
in flying dust

Vendor touches the the food
with bare hands

Vendor serves the food
with bare hands by
touching the food

Vendor collects money
from the same bare
hands

Vendor uses same
hands to touch
contaminated areas like
toilet doors

At the pantry

Cooks in the pantry car
sweat a lot as they are
are exposed to extreme
heat

Food contaminates from
sweat

Cooks do not use
uniforms, hand gloves or
head covers

Pantry staff do not have
hygienic places to cut
and prepare the food

Garbage from food plates and
cups

Food plates and paper cups are thrown
inside the train and along side the track
collect germs

This attracts houseflies, mosquitoes
and other insects which carry the germs
collected

Diseases that spread by cough
and sneeze
Tuberculosis (TB)
Influenza
Influenza A (H1N1) - Swine Flu
SARS
Bird Flu
Asthama
Measles
Chicken Pox
Hib
Pertussis

Some Suggestions

Covered containers for food
Vendors can use
covered
containers to
carry food
Vendors can use
plastic hand
gloves while
serving food

Food wrapped in plastic foil
Food can be
wrapped in
plastic foils
cheap, fast and
serves the
purpose

For the pantry
Chefs can use
uniforms with
head mask and
mouth cover
Clean hygienic
pantry with
proper places for
cutting, washing
and preparing

More garbage bins
Please provide
garbage bins or
large garbage
covers at every
compartment

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Our salute to
India and Indian
Railways

Thank you
Our contacts
jayaprakash.kulkarni@gmail.com,
eschaitanya@gmail.com
sajithpc@gmail.com