In a bid to make proper drinking water available to all the commuters and to take the ‘Swacch Bharat’ mission ahead, Ranchi DRM Anshul Gupta in the presence of several railway officials on Tuesday inaugurated water vending machines facility at Ranchi railway station. The event marked the celebration of ‘Swacch Bharat’ mission week initiated by railway. The day was celebrated as ‘Neel Diwas’.
At present, the service will be given at platform number one at Ranchi station where two water ATMs have been installed. The service will be initiated soon at Hatia station. As per the plan, IRCTC will put 60 water vending machines in the Ranchi division.
Nozably, looking at the public interest this is the first division under South Eastern Railway (SER) to initiate this service. Several more services are likely to come up for the convenience of passengers soon, added the railway officials present on the occasion.
According to the usage, rates have been fixed accordingly by the rail division. For 300 ml, a person is required to pay `1, for 500 ml `3, 1 lt will be made available at `5 whereas for 2 lt and 5 lt people will have to pay `8 and `20 respectively. Plastic bottles will be made available at the stations as per the demand and according to the price fixed up by the rail authority.
A team comprising doctors and railway staffs carried on inspection at platforms, trains, waiting rooms including
retiring room to check the facilities given by the railway are being maintained or not and also to ensure that the facilities are being utilised by the travelers.