CHENNAI: A video showing a vendor washing aluminium foil food containers on Train 16601 Erode-Jogbani Amrit Bharat Express has gone viral on social media, prompting widespread concern among users about the possible reuse of disposable plates and the hygiene standards of food served on trains.

The footage, which circulated on various platforms, drew criticism from users who alleged that the containers were being cleaned for reuse.

On X (formerly Twitter), the Kerala Congress Sevadal shared the video and tagged Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, asking, “Is this your facility? Dirty disposable containers are being washed and served as food to passengers in the train?”

Express Food Services, which manages catering on IRCTC, issued a clarification. In a letter to the IRCTC Chennai, t

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