5/8/2018 Press Information Bureau

Ministry of Railways

Action Taken wrt Video in circulation in Social Media

on Vendor seen coming out of train toilet with
tea/coffee cans
Posted On: 03 MAY 2018 1:39PM by PIB Delhi

It has come to notice that a video has been in circulation in Social Media in the last few days of a
Vendor seen coming out of train toilet with tea/coffee cans, conveying that water is being mixed
in the cans inside the toilet. With regard to the same, the following action taken update is issued.
“The incident has occurred in Train No. 12759 Chennai Central – Hyderabad Charminar Express
at Secunderabad Railway Station in the month of December 2017. An Inquiry has been held to
identify the wrong doers and initiate appropriate action.
On the basis of the Inquiry, stringent action has been taken up against the Train Side Vending
contractor for the section between Secunderabad and Kazipet, P. Siva Prasad, with whom the
identified vendor in the video was employed. A penalty of Rs. 1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh)
has been levied on the licensee, through IRCTC, the contracting agency.
A show cause note has also been issued to M/s P Siva Prasad, Licensee, Train Side Vending as to
why his contract for train vending, Section-4, SC-KZJ, SC-NDKD-GNT section, should not be
terminated. An explanation has been called within 15 days from the issue of Show Cause Notice
done on 02.05.2018.
Two other persons seen in the video are unauthorized hawkers. The Commercial Department of
South Central Railway has been carrying on extensive drives against unauthorized hawking at
Secunderabad Railway Station in the last few months, during which all the unauthorized hawkers
including the two involved in the incident have been removed.
A strict vigil is continuously being kept at various level to ensure that no such incidents recur.”
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