The ‘Clean Train Day’ was observed under the ongoing eighth ‘Cleanliness Fortnight’ (from 16th September to 2nd October) on Wednesday on the directions of Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Vineet Kumar Srivastava and Senior Divisional Mechanical Engineer (Environment and Housekeeping Management) Apoorva Swarnkar at different originating/ terminating stations of Varanasi Division of North Eastern Railway (NER). On the occasion, the trains were properly made clean and onboard inspection of trains was done by the nominated officers.
Cleanliness campaign was conducted and awareness was created. In this direction, the SDME (EnHM) Apoorva Swarnkar inspected the cleanliness and hygiene of linen in Shivganga Express, Anand Vihar Terminal-New Delhi Superfast Express and Kashi Vishwanath Express trains at Banaras Coaching Depot. In the same sequence, Coaching Depot Officers of Chhapra and Mau and Assistant Safety Officer also inspected the trains at different originating/ terminating stations like Chhapra Junction, Mau and Ballia and took action after taking feedback from the passengers.
The nominated officers of Varanasi Division conducted comprehensive inspection to check cleanliness in many mail/ express trains passing through terminating and originating stations like Banaras, Azamgarh, Prayagraj Rambagh, Mau, Bhatni, Ghazipur City, Ballia, Chhapra, Siwan, Thawe, Kaptanganj and Varanasi City stations. During this period, intensive inspection of the special trains was also done by the team of officers/ supervisors and on-board housekeeping service employees. The conditions of cleanliness of trains, availability of equipment, number of cleaning personnel, arrangements for garbage disposal, availability of dustbins, cleanliness of trains in washing line, etc were examined.
