{"id":21852,"date":"2014-12-23T12:14:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T06:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=21852"},"modified":"2014-12-23T12:14:16","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T06:44:16","slug":"6-ways-how-government-plans-to-make-railway-stations-as-clean-as-the-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/6-ways-how-government-plans-to-make-railway-stations-as-clean-as-the-airports\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Ways how government plans to make Railway Stations as clean as the Airports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even though Swachh Bharat campaign<\/a> is making its way into the hearts of the people of India, country\u2019s railway stations are still one of the most unclean and neglected public areas in the country.<\/p>\n

While travelling through India, travellers often complain about the cleanliness of Railway stations. That\u2019s all about to change. Ministry of Railways has big plans to transform railway stations into a cleaner space.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how Railways plan to make railway stations as clean as Airports<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Railway officers to adopt one railway station each<\/h3>\n
\"Railway

Railway officers to adopt one railway station each<\/p><\/div>\n

Railway officers could adopt one railway station each in order to ensure proper cleanliness on the premises. Although there are about 7,700 stations in the country, only about 700 stations will be taken up by individual officers for cleaning in the first phase. The stations have been chosen according to the significant movement of the trains.<\/p>\n

2. No eateries at the station platform<\/h3>\n
\"The

Eateries at the station platform creates waste<\/p><\/div>\n

Ministry of Railways has sought a ban on cooking on platforms along with the shifting out of food stalls and eateries to keep the platform safe and clean. The food stalls create a huge amount of waste at railway stations. While cooking on platforms is one of the factors which contribute to uncleanliness, it is also considered to be a safety hazard.<\/p>\n

3. Cleaning works of 50 Railway stations to be privatized<\/h3>\n
\"Cleaning

Cleaning works of 50 Railway stations will be privatized<\/p><\/div>\n

The Railways have decided to hire private agencies to keep the stations, platforms, parking areas, approach road, buildings and trains clean and hygienic. The private cleaning agency will also be responsible for rag picking, garbage disposal, pest control and disinfection of the premises. Trivandrum Central Station is the only railway Station in Kerala which has been included in the list.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4. Learning from Airports and 5-star hotels<\/h3>\n
\"Inside

Inside a First Class Cabin<\/p><\/div>\n

Regular and rigorous inspection will be carried out at the station to make sure the station premises are clean and tidy. More toilets are brought under the purview of \u2018Pay & Use\u2019 toilets, including deluxe toilets. Mechanized cleaning gadgets like scrubbers, high pressure jet cleaners are being introduced and better types of cleaning agent are being used to achieve improved standard of cleanliness. Instructions have been issued for monitoring cleanliness through CCTV cameras installed at major stations. Broken floor tiles will be removed and Bio-enzyme products will be used to kill odour in the urinals and on the tracks.<\/p>\n

5. Modern Bio-toilets in Trains<\/h3>\n
\"Bio-toilet

Bio-toilet in Hussainasagar Hyderabad-Mumbai Express<\/p><\/div>\n

All newly manufactured coaches by the coach Production Units shall be compulsorily fitted with Bio-toilets before they are turned out by 2016-17 and all existing in-service coaches running on Indian Railways shall be retrofitted with Bio-toilets by 2021-22. Already a total number of 13238 Bio-Toilets have been fitted and running on 4882 coaches.<\/p>\n

6. Wi-Fi friendly stations<\/h3>\n
\"Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi friendly railway stations<\/p><\/div>\n

With a mission to create tech-friendly railway stations, Indian Railway has decided to provide Wi-Fi facilities to 400 \u201cA1\u201d and \u201cA\u201d category railway stations across the country. Wi-Fi internet will be free for the first 30 minutes and thereafter people can buy more browsing time through their credit card or through the Wi-Fi desk at the station. The facility is provided by Rail Tel \u2013 a railways PSU providing telecom infrastructure. Bangalore railway station has become the first station in the country to have Wi-Fi facility followed by Delhi Station. Next on the line is Mumbai.<\/p>\n

The Centre will spend nearly Rs 2 lakh crore in during the next 5 years as part of its ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ to completely clean India by October 2019 when the nation will mark 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. With the successful implementation of the plan, we hope to see the railway stations as clean as airports.<\/p>\n

So what do you think about railways ‘Swachh Station’ plan? Is it really possible to make railway stations as clean as airports?\u00a0 Let us know in your comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Even though Swachh Bharat campaign is making its way into the hearts of the people of India, country\u2019s railway stations are still one of the most unclean and neglected public areas in the country. While travelling through India, travellers often complain about the cleanliness of Railway stations. That\u2019s all about to change. Ministry of Railways […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":21872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[273],"class_list":["post-21852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-indian-railway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21852"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}