NHRC seeks details of halal, jhatka food served on trains

NEW DELHI: Upset with the response of IRCTC, Indian Railways’ catering and ticketing company, to its earlier see on a complaint alleging that “only halal-processed meat” is served in non-vegetarian meals on trains, which would possibly perhaps be “unfair discrimination” and quantity to “violations of human rights”, the panel has sought a new action taken dispute (ATR) with a list of all food contractors and vendors engaged by it for serving food. Info of whether the non-vegetarian food served by contractors and vendors is halal or jhatka, or both, contain moreover been sought. The ATR is to be submitted within four weeks. The first see in Nov acknowledged the allegations were prima facie violations of human rights, as promoting easiest Halal meat “badly affects” livelihood of Hindu SC and non-Muslim communities.