Indian Railways does an airline, will offer free food to passengers

After facing public ire regarding a drop in punctuality of trains, Indian Railways is now planning to re-time table all the trains from August 15, factoring in the safety-related maintenance work at all the zones. Going on airline mode, it also announced free meals for passengers for un-planned blocks on Sundays. 

Railways minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday that re-arranging train timings will be done giving a window of two-three hours every day, expanding the window to even five hours on Sundays. "This punctuality exercise will be done without compromising with the pace of safety works," Goyal said.

The minister