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Rly food stalls seek force majeure extension citing rioting, unviable biz

Railways had asked owners to open the stalls in a notification dated May 21. However, many employees of these stalls were on leave and fewer trains make business unviable, too

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The Railways had asked owners to open the stalls in a notification dated May 21.

3 min read Last Updated : May 30 2020 | 2:15 PM IST

Passengers raiding stalls for food and water at railway stations and low turnout of trains are some of the issues being faced by owners of over 100,000 stalls across the country. They have approached the ministry of Railways for an extension of force majeure invoked on their licence fees till starting of normal services.

Passengers of Shramik Specials had raided and looted stalls in various stations across the country including Kanpur, Jabalpur, Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Jhansi and New Delhi besides some stations in the South.

The Railways had asked owners to open the stalls in a notification dated May 21. However, many

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