Vande Bharat Express: Cockroach found in food served on Bhopal-Gwalior train route; IRCTC responds

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Cockroach in Vande
Bharat Express meals

A passenger travelling in the Bhopal to Gwalior Vande Bharat Express train found a cockroach rolled in the chapati served in his meal [{ "selector": ".grxqz-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 433px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".gaosu-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Vande Bharat Express passenger finds cockroach
in meal

An X (formerly Twitter) user named Subodh Pahalajan wrote, “Found a cockroach in my food in the Vande Bharat train” and tagged IRCTC and Divisional Railway Manager- Mumbai Division of Western Railway [{ "selector": ".okzpn-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 435px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".lfcsq-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Cockroach in paratha

Another X (formerly Twitter) user, Shubham Agnihotri wrote, “I am also travelling in the same train and I saw the cockroach in the Paratha. Parathas were sub-par and instead of the regular theplas, parathas were served. Caterer- Brindawan Caterers.” [{ "selector": ".djzpb-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 415px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".dwzmx-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

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IRCTC's response

IRCTC promptly responded to the tweet and wrote, "We did not intend for this unpleasant experience. Appropriate actions will be taken to ensure that such incidents will not repeat." [{ "selector": ".dfiwl-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 415px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".cazrq-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Quality of food in Vande Bharat Express trains

People have been complaining about the food quality in Vande Bharat Express trains. In July, an X (formerly Twitter) user Himanshu Mukerjee shared photos of the meal he was served while travelling on 22230 Vande Bharat Express from Madgaon Junction in Goa to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in Mumbai [{ "selector": ".uqzdn-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 404px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".taxou-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Vande Bharat Express trains

The user claimed to be a daily traveller on the Vande Bharat Express and said that after paying Rs 250, he was served “stone hard paneer, cold food and stale salty dal” [{ "selector": ".polui-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 434px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".berfc-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Vande Bharat fleet overhaul

A total of 8,000 Vande Bharat coaches will be manufactured over the next few years as the Indian Railways prepares to overhaul its fleet completely and induct more of these semi-high speed trains [{ "selector": ".lcwdi-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 434px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".lulmt-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

New Vande Bharat Express trains

A total of 25 semi-high-speed blue-white Vande Bharat trains are operating in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated two new Vande Bharat trains - Gorakhpur-Lucknow Vande Bharat Express and Jodhpur-Sabarmati Vande Bharat Express [{ "selector": ".zqqrn-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 408px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".fjfik-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Vande Bharat train routes

The current routes of Vande Bharat trains include:- New Delhi - Varanasi, New Delhi - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (J&K), Gandhinagar- Mumbai, New Delhi - Amb Andaura in Himachal Pradesh, Chennai-Mysuru Vande Bharat Express, Nagpur-Bilaspur , Howrah - New Jalpaiguri, Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam, Mumbai- Solapur, Mumbai- Shirdi, Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin- Bhopal's Rani Kamlapati station, Secunderabad- Tirupati, Chennai-Coimbatore [{ "selector": ".iaajd-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 335px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".jxojr-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

List of Vande Bharat
train routes

Ajmer-Delhi Cantt, Thiruvananthapuram-Kasargod, Puri-Howrah, Dehradun- Delhi's Anand Vihar Terminus, Guwahati-New Jalpaiguri, Rani Kamalapati (Bhopal)-Jabalpur, Khajuraho-Bhopal-Indore¸Mumbai- Madgaon (Goa), Dharwad–Bengaluru, Hatia-Patna, Gorakhpur-Lucknow, Jodhpur-Sabarmati [{ "selector": ".recgs-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 405px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".nceob-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

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