New Delhi: During the train journey there is good news for those who sip tea and especially for those who take sondhi-sondhi tea in an earthen ax After about 16 years, tea lovers will have fun once again in ‘Lalu Ki Kulhad’ at the railway stations of the country. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday that in the coming time, tea will be available in every plastic station in the country in a plastic-free kulhad.
At present, tea is available in Kulhar at 400 stations.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony of electrified railroad on Dhigavada-Bandikui railway block at Dhigavada railway station in Alwar, Rajasthan, Goyal said that tea is available in Kulhar at around 400 railway stations in the country today. Going forward, our plan is that tea will be sold only in Kulhad at every railway station in the country. Railways will also contribute in plastic-free India. This provides employment to millions of siblings.
The ax disappeared after Modi government formed in 2014
He said that there was a time when tea was available in Kulhar at railway stations. By the time Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, the kulhars disappeared and tea was started to be found in plastic cups. Railway Minister said that the people of Khadi Village Industries Department along with Railways have given impetus to this work. Goyal said that I was still drinking tea in Kulhar. In fact, the taste of drinking tea in Kulhar is different and you save the environment too.
Lalu started Kulhar in 2004
At this time, former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad, who was serving a jail sentence in the fodder scam, started ‘Kulhar’ at railway stations 16 years ago in 2004, but plastic and paper cups secretly crushed Took the place.
However, according to a circular issued by the Chief Commercial Manager Board of Northern Railway and North Eastern Railway in January of 2019, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has asked the people managing the catering at Varanasi and Rae Bareli stations to be made of terracotta or mud ax , Had instructed the use of glass and plates.
