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Having tasted occurrence with the One Station One merchandise (OSOP) stalls astatine respective railway stations successful the city, Southern Railway is readying to beforehand its Janata Khana scheme for serving passengers successful unreserved coaches astatine an economical price.
A. Elumalai, Public Relations Officer of Chennai Division, said that pursuing the occurrence of the OSOP stalls, Southern Railway has introduced the economical repast scheme.
“The strategy is chiefly for unreserved passengers to acquisition meals without leaving the platforms, astatine an affordable terms of ₹20. The meals, sold done vendors, are disposable astatine 27 railway stations, including Dr. MGR Chennai Central, Egmore, Tambaram, Chengalpattu, Arakkonam Junction, and Katpadi. The meals are prepared successful a hygienic manner,”
The OSOP shops, which purpose to beforehand section products by selling steadfast cultivation foods on with accepted textiles and handicrafts, person garnered bully enactment from the commuters utilizing the suburban trains.
These stalls are successful summation to the RO drinking h2o stalls and restaurants successful railway stations. Southern Railway has allowed 84 OSOP stalls to run successful 62 stations crossed the city. Traditional snacks, Kancheepuram silk saris, and handicraft products are sold successful these stalls.
In summation to the OSOP and the economical repast scheme, Southern Railway has initiated ‘temporary stalls’ successful railway stations wherever the footfall is precocious astatine weekends. The impermanent stalls are being tried retired successful a fewer crowded stations, Mr. Elumalai added.
Transport activistic T. Sadagopan said that though OSOP stalls are a bully initiative, immoderate stalls stay unopen successful a fewer stations of the occidental section, similar the Hindu College and Perambur Loco stations.
The closure of the shops has been attributed to information issues and renovation.
