If you are traveling somewhere by flight. And your flight is delayed by more than four hours. So in such a situation, under the rules of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of India, you are provided free food by the airline company. But do you know? This kind of rule is not only about flights. But it is also about trains operated by Indian Railways. If a train runs late from its scheduled time. So in such a situation also there is a provision of giving you free food by Indian Railways. However, some rules and conditions have been fixed for this. Passengers get free food if the train is late by how many hours. What are the rules of the railways for this? Let us tell you.
Free food will be available if the train is delayed by more than 3 hours.
Many rules have been made by the Indian Railways for the passengers. Which are for the convenience of the passengers. There is also a rule regarding train delays. According to the rules of the railways, if the train is delayed by 3 hours or more, then the railways will provide free food to the passengers of that train. However, this rule does not apply to all trains. Please note that only those passengers who are traveling by premium trains like Rajdhani Express, Shatabdi Express, and Duronto Express can avail of the benefit of free food facilities from the railways. If you are traveling in any of these trains and that train is running late by more than 3 hours, but despite this, you are not being given free food by the railways. Then you can complain about this.
Food stalls are open till late.
If you are traveling in a train and it is quite late, then in such a situation, keeping in mind the inconvenience of the passengers, the railway administration keeps the food stalls present on the platform of the railway station open for longer than the stipulated time, so that the passengers do not have to face any inconvenience regarding food and drink. Along with this, RPF personnel are separately deployed by the Railways for the safety of passengers.
(PC: TOI)
