Indian Railways Plans To Serve Vegetarian Food Only On Gandhi Jayanti

Indian railways plan to serve only vegetarian food on its trains, premises and stations on October 2 to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. In this regard, a proposal has been sent to by Railway Board to Ministry of Culture. If the railways approved, October 2 will not only be celebrated as Rashtriya Swachhta Diwas but also as ‘Vegetarian Day’ as a mark of respect to father of the nation who had propagated non-violence and vegetarianism throughout his life. 

 As per the blueprint prepared by the Railway Board which has proposed that only vegetarian food will be served to passengers on railway premises on October 2 in 2018, 2019 and 2020 when the central government has planned a special commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. On that day, the national transporter also plans to appeal to all its employees to eat vegetarian food. Besides that railway also prepared an elaborate blueprint like running special trains, tickets bearing the watermark of Mahatma Gandhi among others to contribute its bit when the Modi government kicks off the special celebration. Stations at all divisional headquarters and their various administrative buildings and those of zonal headquarters may have murals of Gandhiji. A special logo designed by culture ministry is likely to be displayed outside train coaches near the doorway where seat numbers are displayed so that it can be seen by the public. A senior official said the railway board has said that the idea is to observe October 2 as ‘Vegetarian Day‘ as a mark of respect to Mahatma Gandhi and along with observing ‘Vegetarian Day‘, the railways has prepared a commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi But the plans are subject to approval from the culture ministry which is the nodal ministry for the special commemoration.