New Delhi: Indian Railways currently has 19 operational Rail Neer plants across the country, with each facility equipped to produce one lakh bottles of packaged drinking water per day.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw provided the details in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on 5 August 2026.
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has been entrusted with establishing Rail Neer plants at locations identified according to the demand and requirement for packaged drinking water across the railway network.
According to the Railway Ministry, the tentative cost of setting up a Rail Neer plant with a daily production capacity of one lakh bottles under the public-private partnership model is around ₹10 crore.
The estimated cost includes the construction of a pre-engineered building shed and the installation of plant and machinery. It does not include the cost of land.
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The 19 operational plants are located across 13 states and Delhi.
Maharashtra has the highest number of Rail Neer facilities, with plants operating at Ambernath, Nagpur and Bhusawal.
Uttar Pradesh has plants at Amethi and Hapur, while Madhya Pradesh has facilities at Maneri and Mandideep.
Andhra Pradesh also has two plants, located at Simhadri and Vijayawada.
The remaining Rail Neer plants are located at Nangloi in Delhi, Danapur in Bihar, Palur in Tamil Nadu, Una in Himachal Pradesh, Jagiroad in Assam, Sankrail in West Bengal, Kota in Rajasthan, Sanand in Gujarat, Bhubaneswar in Odisha and Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh.
Rail Neer is IRCTC’s packaged drinking water brand and is supplied to passengers on trains and at railway stations.
The locations for setting up plants are determined according to the demand and requirement for packaged drinking water in different parts of the Indian Railways network.
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