Chandigarh railway station gets five-star certification

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 2

The Chandigarh railway station has been awarded a five-star “Eat Right Station” certification for providing high-quality, nutritious food to passengers, becoming the fifth station in the country to get this recognition.

The other railway stations with this certification are the Anand Vihar Terminal railway station, Delhi, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai, the Mumbai Central railway station and the Vadodara railway station.

What it means

The five-star rating indicates exemplary efforts by stations to ensure safe and hygienic food is available to passengers.

‘Customers our focus’

We at the Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation place the ‘customers’ at the centre of our services. The certification is a testimony to our best-in-class services for passengers. — SK Lohia, MD & CEO, IRSDC

This certification is granted by FSSAI to railway stations adhering to standard food storage and hygiene practices for passengers.

The station is awarded a certificate upon a conclusion of an FSSAI-empanelled third-party audit agency with ratings from 1 to 5.

The five-star rating indicates exemplary efforts by stations to ensure safe and hygienic food is available to passengers.

“We at Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation (IRSDC) place the ‘customers’ at the centre of our services. This certification is a testimony of the IRSDC’s sustained and collaborative approach to provide best in-class services to passengers. We are thankful for this recognition and are committed to setting benchmarks in the operation and maintenance of railway stations in India,” said SK Lohia, Managing Director and CEO, IRSDC.

The certification is part of the “Eat Right India” movement — an effort by FSSAI to transform the country’s food system.