Saturday, May 14 2005 20:13 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Chhindwara (MP): Popular brands of soft drinks like Pepsi, Cola and Fanta by multinational companies would be banned in trains as well as at stations and indigenous products like buttermilk would be served to passengers, Union Railways Minister Laloo Prasad said in Chhindwara today (May 14, 2005).

"A ban will be imposed on serving of cold drinks like Pepsi, Cola and Fanta in trains as well as at railway stations", Prasad said at a public meeting after laying the foundation stone of the Rs 384 crore Chhindwara-Nagpur broad-gauge line project.

"From now onwards, passengers would be treated to milk, butter-milk and other tasty drinks in the trains", he said.

The Railway Minister, however, did not specify when the proposed ban would come into effect.