WESTERN RAILWAY INAUGURATES BREASTFEEDING CENTRE
AT PALGHAR STATION
Photo caption: The newly inaugurated Baby Feeding Centre at Palghar station of Mumbai Division of Western Railway. The Baby Feeding Centre was inaugurated by the station staff on 20th November, 2019.
Western Railway has always taken extra special care of its women commuters, whether be it starting the world’s first ever Ladies’ Special local train on 5th May, 1992 or providing better security facilities such as CCTV cameras & talk-back system inside ladies’ coaches, Whatsapp Chat group - SAKHI etc. for the security and help of women commuters. In the series of Western Railway’s many amenities for the commuters, Western Railway has now installed a baby feeding centre at Palghar station in Mumbai Division.
According to a press release issued by Shri Ravinder Bhakar – Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway, the Baby Feeding Centre at Palghar is with the approach to create awareness about breastfeeding and also to facilitate new mothers to feed their new borns. The centre has been installed with combined efforts by Child Help Foundation and is free to use by lactating mothers. Western Railway has planned to install similar Baby Feeding Centres at 14 stations.
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