SPECIAL CLEANLINESS DRIVE ON RAILWAYS

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Indian Railways have launched a Special Cleanliness Drive in trains and at stations from November 10, 2003. The Drive will continue upto December 31, 2003.

This follows a circular letter addressed to General Managers of Zonal Railways by the Member Mechanical, Railway Board, Shri P.N. Garg, conveying to them the direction of the Government to effect immediate improvement.

The circular letter stipulates officers and superiors including senior officials from Divisions and Zones of all concerned departments to make surprise inspections and take corrective action wherever required. It says, "staff found slack in performing duties should be taken up suitably." It further states, "it will be the personal responsibility of higher management to make a perceptible improvement in cleanliness standard both in trains as well as at stations."

The Ministry of Railways has also directed the Zonal Railways to furnish the progress report, in this regard, in two instalments. Accordingly, the first report will be furnished for the cleanliness drive period, from November 10 to 30, 2003 by December 5, 2003 to the Railway Board and the second report for the period from December 1 to 31, 2003 by January 5, 2004.

The Special Cleanliness Drive forms part of the ongoing efforts to improve Safety, Security, Punctuality and Cleanliness during the current fiscal declared as the year of Customers’ Satisfaction on Indian Railways.