Country’s top three cleanest railway stations are from Rajasthan: Survey
- North Western Railway followed by South East Central Railway and East Central Railway are the top three railway zones
- Railways have been conducting third party audit and cleanliness ranking of 407 major stations annually since 2016
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal today released the ‘Stations’ Cleanliness Survey Report’ (Cleanliness assessment of Non-suburban and Suburban Stations 2019). The higlight of the report was that the top three cleanest railways stations are from the western state of Rajasthan.
While Jaipur was on the first position, Jodhpur on second followed by Durgapura in third position.
The total score is out of 1000 and each component (Process Evaluation, Direct Observation, Citizen Feedback) weighs 33.33% of the total score. Jaipur scored 931.75, Jodhpur scored 927.19 and Durgapura 922.50 respectively
North Western Railway followed by South East Central Railway and East Central Railway are the top three railway zones.
North Western Railways scored the highest with an average score of 848.764 out of 1000 while North Central Railways scored the least with an average score of 631.431
Railways have been conducting third party audit and cleanliness ranking of 407 major stations annually since 2016. This year the survey was expanded to include 720 stations and suburban stations were also included for the first time.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said that “Today we are committed to develop India as a Clean India, Healthy India and Prosperous India. Indian Railways is doing its bit to provide a clean and hygienic environment to the travelling people.
There is a need to value the change emerged in the mindset of common people. Today, India is one of those countries which give priority to cleanliness. Today, cleanliness programme is being conducted over 6500 stations across Indian Railways to showcase the efforts putting in by Indian Railways to keep trains, stations and railway premises clean.
Indian Railways has also banned single use plastic across its premises today onwards. The Railway Minister added that as safety is accorded first priority, Indian Railways has started manufacturing LHB coaches only and these LHB coaches are being equipped with bio-toilets.
*With Agency Inputs
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First Published:2 Oct 2019, 07:42 PM IST
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