Title - 'Restricted cooking permissible'

INDORE: With regard to the news item published on July 25 under the headline, 'Chittorgarh railway station gets nod for LPG use', senior division commercial manager Suresh Barmecha said that as per the safety guidelines issued by Ministry of Railways, the zonal railways have been delegated power to permit restricted cooking on the platforms except in case of suburban stations for preparation of items like tea, samosas etc and other small consumable items. Normally cooking on the platform is to be carried out by using electrical induction cooking.

However, with due consideration to rampant power cuts/shortage of electricity at a particular station, permission to use cooking through LPG gas can be considered. Permission to use LPG cylinder is being examined strictly on the merit of the case-based on the guidelines issued by Railway Board.