New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- Public Accounts Committee chairperson KC Venugopal on Thursday said that the panel is examining "serious lapses by Railways" relating to passenger amenities that were found during the audit and noted that a meeting will be called again with Railway Ministry officials after a month to see if the shortcoming related to drinking water had been addressed.

Venugopal, who chaired the PAC meeting, said later that the auditors observed "serious discrepancies" on the part of Railways relating to facilities such as drinking water, seating arrangements, fans and platform roof.

He said Railways had assured a decade back that drinking water would be provided everywhere, "but hundreds of stations" do not have this basic facilit...