There is good news for railway passengers. Now IRCTC, the portal providing rail ticket reservation service, will deliver your favourite food to your berth on the train through online food delivery company Zomato. For this, IRCTC has tied up with Zomato. After this deal with IRCTC, Zomato’s stock is trading at a one-year high in Wednesday’s trading session.
In a regulatory filing with the stock exchange, IRCTC informed that rail passengers can pre-book food through IRCTC’s e-Catering portal with Zomato, expanding the range of food items they can order under IRCTC’s e-Catering. The agreement has been signed for the delivery of order mills. Under this agreement, supply and delivery of pre-ordered food through Zomato IRCTC’s e-Catering portal as proof of concept will be done in the first phase at five railway stations, i.e. New Delhi, Prayagraj, Kanpur, Lucknow and Varanasi.
Food supply and delivery are done at five railway stations in the first phase. But these services will be expanded in the coming days. Other railway stations will also be linked to Zomato for food delivery and supply. Let us tell you that you can order your favourite food by visiting IRCTC’s e-Catering portal. IRCTC is the unit of the e-ticketing portal of Indian Railways.
Due to this news, there was a huge rise in Zomato’s stock in Wednesday’s trading session. Zomato’s stock reached its one-year high of Rs 115.10 in the day’s trading. However, with the fall in the market, the stock fell and is currently trading at Rs 110.60. At the same time, IRCTC shares are trading at Rs 703.20 with a decline of 1.60 per cent.
