ACTION AGAINST GUILTY OFFICIALS
FOR NEGLIGENCE OF CLEANLINESS
LOK SABHA
The complaints regarding
cleanliness and sanitation at stations and in passenger trains
are investigated and corrective action taken against the defaulter
staff found negligent. The details of specific action taken are
not separately maintained for this activity.
Various actions taken
to improve sanitation on Railway stations and in trains include
strengthening of monitoring and supervision, introduction of Pay
and Use Scheme of toilets, emphasis on mechanized cleaning processes,
provision of washable aprons and additional dustbins, regular
removal of garbage, spraying of insecticides, repairs of drains,
monthly intensive cleaning of coaches, use of high pressure jet
cleaning plants at coaching depots and mobile jet cleaning machines
at stations enroute, use of improved and eco-friendly cleaning
agents, use of various media to educate the passengers and seeking
their co-operation to keep Railway areas and trains clean and
developing identified stations as ‘Clean Train Stations’ to provide
effective enroute cleaning of long distance trains.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Bandaru Dattatraya
in a written reply to a question from Shrimati Rajkumari Ratna
Singh and Shri Ram Tahal Chaudhary in the Lok Sabha today.
