Jodhpur tops clean station list, Mathura, Varanasi among dirtiest
New Delhi, Aug 14: Railway stations in Rajasthan are the cleanest in the country with Jodhpur topping the list of cleanest railway stations released by the Quality Council of India (QCI).
The survey was conducted by Quality Council Of India (QCI) which judged 407 A1 and A rated Railway stations.
The stations which generate an annual revenue of more than Rs 50 crore are rated as 'A1', while those generating between Rs 6 crore and Rs 50 crore come under the 'A' category.
The ranks are calculated based on evaluation by assessors, passenger feedback, and direct observation. Each of the above parameters is given 33.33 per cent weight-age in the overall score. QCI thus judged various station facilities like waiting rooms, platforms, toilets, railway tracks, foot-overbridges and parking lot.
Releasing
the
report,
Goyal
suggested
making
the
annual
study
a
half-yearly
exercise
for
bringing
about
greater
competitiveness
among
the
stations
and
ensuring
a
"test
check" in
maintaining
cleanliness
standards.
None
of
the
major
stations
in
the
metros
found
a
place
in
the
top
10
list
save
for
Anand
Vihar
in
New
Delhi
which
came
in
at
fifth
position.
The
most
clean
railway
stations
in
India
Jodhpur
(Rajasthan)
Jaipur
(Rajasthan)
Marwar
(Rajasthan)
Tirupati
Phulera
Warangal
List
of
dirtiest
railway
stations
in
the
A1
category:
1.Mathura
(Uttar
Pradesh)
2.Kalyan
(Maharashtra)
3.Gwalior
(Madhya
Pradesh)
4.Gaya
(Bihar)
5.Howrah
(West
Bengal)
6.Muzaffarpur
(Bihar)
7.Varanasi
(UP)
8.Jhansi
(UP)
9.Bareilly
(UP)
10.Bhagalpur
(Bihar)
List
of
dirtiest
railway
stations
in
the
A
category:
1.Shahganj
(Uttar
Pradesh)
2.Phaphund
(UP)
3.Sasaram
junction
(Bihar)
4.New
Farakka
(West
Bengal)
5.Ayodhya
(UP)
6.Jagadhri
(Haryana)
7.Adarsh
Nagar
Delhi
8.Sagauli
junction
(Bihar)
9.Nagercoil
(Tamil
Nadu)
10.Faridabad
(Haryana)
Of late, the government is laying emphasis on the cleanliness of railway stations and trains. Numerous measures have been taken to improve the cleanliness at railway stations and inside the trains, including toilets which are now being converted into bio-toilets in a systematic manner.
As per policymakers in Railways, the survey showed improvement in overall cleanliness at stations. "...as compared to 2017, there is 9 per cent improvement in top 100 stations, 14 per cent in the next 100 stations, 20 per cent in 201-300 stations and 31 per cent in 301-407 stations," read the official statement.