Cleanliness drive of Indian Railways - Surat, Rajkot and Bilaspur cleanest

Indian Railways is determined to remain in the good books of those who matter and railway minister Suresh Prabhu is leaving no stone unturned to remain in the news to prove his worth. The latest in this venture is the naming of the cleanliest railway stations - needless to say that two of the top three are Surat and Rajkot. Both are in the state of Gujarat and no one should read too much into this.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 18 March 2016.

The latest results are - Surat, Rajkot and Bilaspur are among the cleanest while Solapur, Mumbai Central and Chandigarh follow - this is as per a preliminary survey commissioned by the Railways for 75 A1-category stations. Next comes Bhubaneswar and Vadodara.
At the other extreme are Pune, the dirtiest station, followed by Mughalsarai, Guwahati, Nizamuddin (Delhi), Sealdah and Kanpur Central alongwith Bhopal, Muzaffarpur, Thrisur, Raipur, Varanasi and Delhi.
Among the top 10 cleanest stations in 'A' category (332 stations) are Beas (Punjab), Jamnagar, Gandhidham and Vasco-Da-Gama (Goa) while least cleanest stations in Category 'A' stations are Shahganj, Ballia and Janghai (Uttar Pradesh), Madhubani and Bakhtiyarpur (Bihar) and Raichur (Karnataka).
All the 75 A-1 and 332 A category stations across 16 zonal railways were surveyed based on passenger perception on cleanliness at the stations. As the railway minister has said - the basic idea is to make the entire rail network clean and a beginning has been made. The objective is to bring all stations on par with a particular standard. The move is aimed at improving cleanliness at 8,000 stations across the country and take forward the 'Swachh Rail, Swachh Bharat' mission.


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