Jabalpur among cleanest rly stations
Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar takes part in Clean Gurugram drive at Badsahapur to mark Gandhi Jayanti on Wednesday. New Delhi, Oct. 2: Three stations in Rajasthan bagged top honours but none in the national capital figured in the top 10 list of railways’ cleanliness survey unveiled on Wednesday by railway minister Piyush Goyal on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Jaipur, Jodhpur and Durgapura were the top three ranking railway stations among 720 stations.
In the national capital, Anand Vihar Terminal was ranked 26, New Delhi station 165 and Hazrat Nizamuddin stood at 241 in the list.
While Sadar Bazar was among the last in the list of clean stations, Delhi Cantonment, Delhi Junction and Shahadra were ranked 389, 390 and 378 respectively. Among the 109 suburban stations assessed, Andheri, Virar and Naigaon were the top three.
The North Western Railway, which covers a route length of more than 5,761 km across parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana, topped the list of zones, followed by South East Central Railway and East Central Railway.
The 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.
Evaluation of green efforts have also been added to the report.
Mr Goyal said, “Today we are committed to developing a Clean India, Healthy India and Prosperous India. The railways is doing its bit to provide clean and hygienic environment to the travellers.”
“There was a delay in carrying out Bapu’s vision until Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over the responsibility of the country,” Mr Goyal said.