Railway Stations to go ‘Plastic-free’ across the country, to be replaced with ‘Kulhad’

In an initiative towards a plastic-free India, tea will be sold in environment-friendly 'kulhads' (earthen cups) instead of plastic cups at all railway stations in the country, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday.

He was speaking at an event organised at the Dhigawara railway station in Rajasthan's Alwar district to mark the inauguration of the newly electrified Dhigawara-Bandikui section under the North Western Railway.

"Tea is given in 'Kulhads' at nearly 400 railway stations in the country today, and in future, it is our planning that tea will be sold only in 'Kulhads' at all the railway stations in the country. This will be the contribution of the Railways towards a plastic-free India," he said.

The minister said before addressing this gathering, he was having tea in a 'Kulhad' and the taste was really different.

'Kulhad' saves the environment and lakhs of people get employment from it, he said.