If the information provided on the floor of the House by the Union Minister for Railways, Shri Ashwini Vaishnav, in a reply to a question in the Lok Sabha on August 5 is any indication, Jharkhand does not have a ‘Rail Neer’ water plant.

At present, the demand for Packaged Drinking Water (PDW) ‘Rail Neer’ in all the important trains and at stations is being met from the existing operational  Rail Neer plants across the country. 

Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has been vested with the task of setting up Rail Neer plants at identified locations depending upon requirement and demand of Rail Neer over Indian Railways. The IRCTC has not been approached by any Jharkhand government authority to set up a Rail Neer plant either.

The tentative cost of setting up a Rail Neer Plant (PPP Model)  is about ₹10 crore for a plant capacity of 1,00,000 bottles per day. The costs include construction of a Pre-engineered Building (PEB) Shed, installation of Plant & Machinery, and exclude the cost of land.

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The details of 19 operational Rail Neer plants in different states across the country are as under:

This information was provided by the Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, in a reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today. 

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By Dharmendra Tewari/ Dr. Nayan Solanki/ Ritu Raj/ Vanshita Jaiswal 

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