Northern Railway Delhi Division has launched a massive cleaning operation focused in Delhi, pursuant to the various directives issued by National Green Tribunal. Out of 33 stations in Delhi, on 29 stations contracts are now in place and four are being cleaned on a regular basis, departmentally. The cleaning operations at these stations include mechanised cleaning of station premises, rag picking, cleaning of drains and disposal of garbage. In addition, four rag picking contracts are covering almost 75 kms.
Route length in Delhi NCR area have also been placed. The NGT had also directed the railway administration to initiate punitive action against any person found littering in and around the station premises and along the railway tracks. Consequently, under Rule 2012 a total of around 24,000 users have been penalised for littering on railway premises during 2014-15 and fine amounting to Rs24 lakh approximately has been collected.