Jaipur: Pay to get your bags sanitised at station

JAIPUR: If you wish to get your baggage sanitised and wrapped, pay for it. The Jaipur division of North Western Railway (NWR) has started an ultra violet sanitising machine and wrapping facility of baggage at Jaipur station.
DRM Manjusha Jain inaugurated the facility at the entry gate on Tuesday. Railway authorities have fixed Rs 10 per baggage for UV sanitisation and Rs 50 per baggage for wrapping.The move, however, has not gone down too well with the passengers. TOI visited the railway station to know the response of the passengers.
“Everywhere, the governments are working to make people secure from Covid and are distributing masks and providing proper medication at government hospitals. However, the railways is using this pandemic as an opportunity to mint money. I am not going to opt for this sanitising and wrapping facility,” said Trilok Bakshi, a passenger travelling to Delhi.
According to sources, railways has entered into an agreement with a vendor for 14 stations for this sanitisation and wrapping. Passengers said railways was inviting private vendors for everyhting which is causing extra burden on passengers.
“I think railways is a public transport system. They are creating lounges for which they are charging exorbitantly. I am not interested in baggage sanitizing,” said Anil Agarwal, who was travelling to Ajmer with his wife. “We are charging nominal money for safety of passengers,” said a senior officer of Jaipur division of NWR.