00:00The fact is, thousands of people eat around New Delhi Railway Station every day.
00:04But what happens in the kitchens behind those plates?
00:06India today went undercover.
00:08Here's more.
00:25This is New Delhi Railway Station, the heart of the capital.
00:32So many locals, so many tourists, so many families grab a bite here.
00:39But you will be shocked by the kitchens we saw.
00:45Food is cooked in the open, right next to filthy drains.
00:51The cooks follow no basic hygiene, no hair nets, no gloves.
00:57This is the Madras Hotel, and the manager has no answers as to why basic norms are not being followed.
01:28We then ask him about pests and cockroaches all over.
01:33And his response?
01:35We do everything we can.
01:40We do everything we can.
01:41We do everything we can.
02:03Once again we ask, how is it that nobody checks if food safety is being followed?
02:10We are reassured that there is no issue whatsoever as long as you have a license.
02:20It is not so complicated.
02:22It is not so complicated.
02:24You have to take it once and you don't have any attention.
02:27But you have to say that you have to do it from the MCC.
02:33You have to do it from the MCC.
02:36Food being cooked outside on a dirty lane next to a drain.
02:41We see it all and yet Kumar denies it.
03:06A license on the wall is not hygiene in the kitchen.
03:11When food for thousands of travellers is made like this, who is checking?
03:16And how often?
03:19The answer is nobody.
03:22A report by Special Investigation Team's Nitin Jain for India Today.
