India, Jan. 16 -- Indian Railways will reportedly now serve local cuisine to passengers on all Vande Bharat trains, with six routes selected for a pilot project regarding the same.

Food will be one of the main components of "52 reforms in 52 weeks," as announced by Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at the New Year. These are the pilot projects that will culminate in full-fledged food reforms across the Indian Railways network, PTI news agency cited officials as saying.

The local cuisines are already being served on six pairs of Vande Bharat trains (up and down). These are Nagpur-Secunderabad, Sabarmati-Veraval, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra-Srinagar, Srinagar-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, Kasaragod-Thiruvananthapuram, and Mangalur...