Indian Railways operationalises its most powerful 12,000 HPindigenous locomotive. Built in Madhepura, Bihar with state of the art facilities, India becomes 6th country to manufacture high HP loco indigenously.
Railway Ministry has released the latest 2019 survey that ranks the cleanest railway stations in India. Rajasthan’s Jaipur station has topped the list again of cleanest railway stations in India. The survey states that Jaipur has been ranked first in the Station Cleanliness Survey 2019 with an overall cleanliness score of 931.75. Jodhpur has been ranked second with a score of 927.19 and Durgapura is third with a score of 922.50. In the suburban group of stations, Maharashtra’s Andheri station has topped the list. The North-Western railway zone has maintained its rank of the cleanest railway zone in India from 2018. The survey has been carried out by the Quality Council of India, an independent agency .
Top 10 cleanest railway stations in India 2019: List
Jaipur (NWR)
Jodhpur (NWR)
Durgapura (NWR)
Jammu Tawi
Gandhinagar Jaipur (NWR)
Suratgarh (NWR)
Vijayawada
Udaipur City (NWR)
Ajmer (NWR)
Haridwar
Total 7 stations are in the top 10 list.
Top 10 cleanest suburban railway stations in India 2019: List
Andheri
Virar
Naigaon
Kandivli
Santragachi
Currey Road
Dombivli
King’s Circle
Borivali
Santacruz
Top 10 stations that have shown improvement in cleanliness 2019 (Non-suburban category)
Faizabad
Ayodhya
New Farakka
Phaphund
Sasaram Jn.
Shahganj
Singrauli
Udhna
Bapudham Motihari
Anugraha Narayan Road
Top 10 cleanest railway zones in India 2019
North Western Railway
South East Central Railway
East Central Railway
South Central Railway
South Western Railway
Northern Railway
Northeast Frontier Railway
West Central Railway
East Coast Railway
Western Railway
Parameters for measuring cleanliness…
This was third such audit cum cleanliness survey conducted by Indian Railways to increase level of cleanliness under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan by identifying unclean spots, improve cleanliness standards and propel healthy competition among railway stations. It was conducted by Quality Council of India (QCI) with help of their partners.
The parameters adopted for conducting survey were Evaluation of Process of cleanliness in main entry area, parking, main platform, waiting room (33.33%), direct observation by QCI assessors of cleanliness in these areas (33.33%) and passenger feedback (33.33%). The cleanliness rankings of stations is reward for stations that have performed well and gives impetus for further improvement for stations that not made into e top rankings.
