Indian Railway gets facelift; 42 new locations to get state-of-art mechanized laundries
Updated: Sep 25, 2013 12:59:29pm
New Delhi, Sept 25 (KNN) In view of complaints about poor quality of washed linen, Indian Railways had revamped its strategy and started setting up its own state of art mechanized laundries at various locations across India.
“In order to continue the supply of hygienically neat and clean, Bed Rolls (Linen) to air conditioned class passengers, Indian Railways is planning to further set-up more state-of-art mechanized laundries at 42 new locations in the near future in addition to the 21 existing locations,” said Ministry of Railways.
Out of the 42 planned, eight laundries will come up in the current year at Bikaner, Hatia, Chakradharpur, Hubli, Mysore, Surat, Mumbai and Dibrugarh.
Further, as many as 21 mechanized laundries have already been set up on land belonging to the Railways at Mumbai, Howrah, Sealdah, Kamakhy, Lucknow, Varanasi, Jammu Tawi, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Tatanagar, Indore, Junagarh, Durg, Bilaspur, Samstipur, Danapur and Jabalpur including 3 state of the art laundries on Built Own Operate Transfer (BOOT) model through private investment at Chennai, Ahmedabad and Wadi Bunder (Mumbai).
There is perceptible improvement in the quality of washed linen wherever bed rolls are being supplied duly washed in these mechanized laundries, the Ministry said in a release today.
Also, 100 per cent supervision and monitoring of quality of washed lines is being done at calendaring machine used for ironing of bed sheets. Nearly 30 per cent of linens supplied on Indian Railways have been brought under these existing laundries.
Once the additional 42 laundries are set-up in the near future, about 90 per cent of linen will be covered under this scheme, the release added.
Indian Railways is one of the largest users of linen in the form of bed rolls being supplied to air conditioned class passengers. Approximately 90 million sets of bed rolls are being handled by Indian Railways per annum. (KNN/SD)
“In order to continue the supply of hygienically neat and clean, Bed Rolls (Linen) to air conditioned class passengers, Indian Railways is planning to further set-up more state-of-art mechanized laundries at 42 new locations in the near future in addition to the 21 existing locations,” said Ministry of Railways.
Out of the 42 planned, eight laundries will come up in the current year at Bikaner, Hatia, Chakradharpur, Hubli, Mysore, Surat, Mumbai and Dibrugarh.
Further, as many as 21 mechanized laundries have already been set up on land belonging to the Railways at Mumbai, Howrah, Sealdah, Kamakhy, Lucknow, Varanasi, Jammu Tawi, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Tatanagar, Indore, Junagarh, Durg, Bilaspur, Samstipur, Danapur and Jabalpur including 3 state of the art laundries on Built Own Operate Transfer (BOOT) model through private investment at Chennai, Ahmedabad and Wadi Bunder (Mumbai).
There is perceptible improvement in the quality of washed linen wherever bed rolls are being supplied duly washed in these mechanized laundries, the Ministry said in a release today.
Also, 100 per cent supervision and monitoring of quality of washed lines is being done at calendaring machine used for ironing of bed sheets. Nearly 30 per cent of linens supplied on Indian Railways have been brought under these existing laundries.
Once the additional 42 laundries are set-up in the near future, about 90 per cent of linen will be covered under this scheme, the release added.
Indian Railways is one of the largest users of linen in the form of bed rolls being supplied to air conditioned class passengers. Approximately 90 million sets of bed rolls are being handled by Indian Railways per annum. (KNN/SD)
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