Chennai, May 14 -- The Southern Railway on Wednesday imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on Ernakulam Base kitchen following complaints of old and poor quality food and recommended stringent action against the firm by the IRCTC.

In a statement here clarifying on the complaints, the railways said media reports alleged about the supply of old/expired food by a base kitchen being run by Catering Contractor of IRCTC and Railways near Ernakulam station.

Acting on the reports, it said as found during inspection by health officials of Kochi Municipal Corporation, a high-level committee of Senior Officers comprising Divisional Commercial Manager/Thiruvananthapuram, Health Officer/Thiruvananthapuram, and Area Manager/IRCTC has been constituted to ...