CLEANLINESS
IN RAILWAY COACHES
All railway passenger
coaches are properly maintained, cleaned and attended prior to
commencement of journey from the base station. Trains are also
cleaned at nominated enroute stations while traveling safaiwalas
are provided on selected trains for cleaning on the run. However,
owing to intensive use and long continuous journeys, coaches become
dirty on run despite enroute cleaning arrangements. Also, careless
use, vandalism and lack of civic sense prevailing in certain regions
and some trains negate the Railway’s efforts in keeping the coaches
clean and tidy.
In order to meet
the increasing passenger aspirations and to bring about further
improvements, several new initiatives have been taken in the recent
times as enumerated below:
i) Strengthening
enroute cleaning arrangements by providing mechanized cleaning
facilities under "Clean Train Station" scheme at identified
15 stations on major trunk routes.
ii) Introduction
of environment friendly, controlled discharge toilets in order
to
avoid station area
being polluted by toilet discharge.
iii)
Development of automatic exterior washing facility for trains
at busy terminals.
iv) Pest
control on all coaches once a month through specialized agencies
v) Introduction of
biodegradable waste disposal bags as a part of Clean Train Station
scheme.
vi) Introduction
of "State of the Art" modular toilets in place of conventional
toilet for all
classes of coaches.
These toilets are user friendly, elegant, easy to clean and
pilferage proof.
vii)Provision of
110 Volts electrical fittings in place of conventional 24 Volts
and use of
fluorescent fittings
in place of bulbs.
viii) Introduction
of Jan Shatabdi type services in which second class coaches have
upper class like
feature including ergonomic chairs, noise control, modular toilets,
rail mart, improved
flooring etc.
ix) Indigenous manufacture
of modern technology LHB type coaches with advance
feature including
screw less fibre reinforced plastic interiors, modular toilets
with control discharge system which does not dirty the station
area, electronic taps and toilet fittings, environment control
air-conditioning, ergonomic seats, superior ride comfort, noise
insulation etc.
x) Provision
of adequate maintenance time and manpower at base depot for maintenance
and cleaning for
all new trains and progressive rationalization for all existing
trains.
This information
was given by Shri Nitish Kumar, Minister for Railways in a written
reply to a question by Dr. Abrar Ahmed and Shri Rajeev Shukla
in the Rajya Sabha today.
