Janani Sewa – baby food corners launched in 4 major stations of Salem Division, Southern Railway

 Janani Sewa - Baby Food Care Corner in Railway Stations  

Janani Sewa corner in VRR of Erode Junction

 A mother buying baby food from Janani Sewa corner in Coimbatore Junction 

Sri Viju Vin, Divisional Commercial Manager/Co-ordination, Salem, seen handing over a baby food product to a mother at Salem Junction

A baby seen trying his hand on the baby food from the Janani Sewa Stall in Karur Junction 

With a view to help mothers traveling in trains to take care of their toddlers, Indian Railways have come up with a novel idea of setting up separate baby food corners in every major railway station. This is a follow up step after a mother sent a Tweet to Hon’ble Minister for Railways Sri Suresh Prabhu, seeking help to provide milk to her baby while she was travelling in train. Hon’ble Railway Minister had promised in his during presentation of Railway Budget in February 2016 that steps would be taken to make the baby food including milk available in stations.

Now, the facility has been extended by Ministry of Railways in major railway stations as a pilot project. In Salem Division, Southern Railway, 4 such Janani Sewa stalls have been launched today (09.06.2016) in Salem, Coimbatore, Erode and Karur railway stations, on a pilot basis. These Janani Sewa stalls have been situated within the Vegetarian Refreshment Rooms (VRRs) and will provide baby foods such as Cerelac, Lactogen, apart from Milk, feeding bottles and hot water. 

In future, for children aged between 5 to 12 years, snacks such as burgers, etc. would also be added, depending upon the demand.

Sri Hari Shankar Verma, Divisional Railway Manager, Salem, stated that such steps have been initiated to help the rail passengers, make their journeys a memorable one and more such passenger friendly initiatives are on the anvil.