As a part of week-long cleanliness drive, the Chakradharpur railway division on Sunday embarked on spreading awareness among the passengers about keeping clean the A-category Tatanagar station.
The railway officials also carried out inspection at the station platforms and nabbed those who were found littering the platforms this morning. Several passengers were founding spiting and littering on the station platforms. The authorities also warned some of the passengers.
Shedding light the drive, assistant senior divisional commercial manager, Chakradharpur railway division, S Kole said that they have started the drive to ensure cleanliness and hygiene in trains, and other places, which include the station platforms.
"During the drive, the railway officials caught hold of several passengers who were found littering. We are keeping watch on the passengers and those found littering the station premises will be taught about the importance of cleanliness," Kole.
"We have plans to stage ‘nukkad nataks’ at the Tatanagar station for making the passengers to understand exactly the need for cleanliness. Despite the awareness programme, if passengers failed to understand we will take stern actions against them," said the senior railway officer.
The authorities have decided to take the cleanliness drive shortly at Chakradharpur station, Bandamunda and Jharsuguda railway stations, all under the Chakradharpur railway division.
Kole said he would visit the Tatanagar station later this week and to carry inspection of coaches and platforms that are being cleaned by mechanised cleaning through the agency properly beside supervising the special cleaning drive.
Over 50,000 passengers travel in over 80 mail and express trains that pass through the Tatanagar station everyday.
Meanwhile Chotanagpur Passengers Association has welcomed the move.
A series functionary said that this is a welcome step that the railway has taken to keep the platforms neat and clean. The onus also lies with the passengers to keep the platforms and other places in the railway station premises neat and clean, the platforms cannot be kept clean. He said the population of rats at the Tatanagar station area is matter of great concern and steps should be taken to curb it.