State-of-the-art laundry care centres for good passenger experience: Railways

Indian Railways in a bid to provide clean hygienic well ironed good quality linenbedrolls to all passengers travelling in airconditioned AC sleeper classes use the latest stateoftheart technology for a good passenger experience reported news agency ANIAccording to Indian Railways officials linen provided to the passengers during train journeys is washed in mechanised laundries washing facilities after every single useKapinjal Kishore Sharma CPRO of Northeast Frontier Railway said that blankets provided to passengers during train journeys are normally washed at least once a month and it gets further reduced to 15 days or further depending upon necessity reported ANIAn additional bed sheet is also provided in the bedroll kit to each AC passenger one for spreading over the berth and second to use as cover to the blanket Reservation against cancellation RAC passengers are also provided with complete linen set at par with other bonefide passengers travelling in the coach The temperature of the AC coaches is kept around 24 degrees centigrade so that it would not require a blanket and a bed sheet is more than sufficient Northeast Frontier Railway has also taken several steps to provide clean linenbedrolls to passengers Several stateoftheart laundry care centres are functioning at important locations spreading all over NF Railway Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said reported ANIHe further said that another new laundry care centre has been set up at Guwahati which has a production capacity of 16000 bedroll packets per dayThis will cater for the growing linen requirements of Guwahatibased trains The stateoftheart laundry at Guwahati is a tunnelbased system that has numerous features including the capability to handle large volumes of linen while optimising usage of water power steam and chemicals along with automatic transfer to subsequent stages Indian Railways has taken several initiatives to provide clean and hygienic bedrolls for the comfort and safety of passengers during train journeys Railways initiatives also include the procurement of new linen sets with improved Bureau of Indian Standards BIS specifications that have tighter tolerances to ensure better quality Mechanized laundries have been set up to ensure the supply of clean and hygienic linen sets standard machines and branded chemicals are used for washing of linen items and Whito meters are used to check the quality of washed linen items Moreover war rooms have been established at zonal headquarters and divisional levels to monitor and take prompt action on complaints lodged on the Rail Madad portal including complaints on linen amp bedroll With these practices in place the railways aim to enhance the comfort and safety of passengers Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said reported ANIHe also said that Indian Railways has also emphasized improvement in logistics for storing transportation loading and unloading including Eco Friendly packaging of bedrolls The blankets used in Indian Railways as per current specifications are lighter easy to wash and provide good insulation to passengers for an overall comfortable journey experienceIt is also to be mentioned that no used and unwashed linen under any circumstances is provided to the passengers during the train journey the CPRO of Northeast Frontier Railway said reported ANIWith inputs from ANI