Mumbai: Andheri station among top cleanest railway stations in India

Jaipur and Andheri stations on Indian Railways have been adjudged as the topmost cleanest stations in the nonsuburban and suburban category in October 2019 survey Besides these Virar Naigaon Dombivli And Kings Circle stations on Mumbai railway are the top rankers among the suburban stations in an allIndia thirdparty audit and cleanliness survey ranking of 407 major stationsIndian Railways has been conducting third party audit and cleanliness ranking of 407 major stations since 2016 This year scope has been expended from 407 stations to 720 stations Suburban stations have been included first time in this competitionMinister of Railways and Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal released the Stations Cleanliness Survey Report Cleanliness assessment of Nonsuburban and Suburban Stations 2019 He was participating in an event to mark the 150th Birth Anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi at a function organised in New Delhi Railway StationRailways response to the call of cleanliness all across the country by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made cleanliness at stations rolling stock and premises a prime focus On the occasion of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi Indian Railways organised a slew of activities connected with cleanliness on October 2 2019As per the set criteria in NSG 1 category 21 stations with a footfall of over 20 million passengers and earning over 500 crores were ranked accordingly to their cleanliness parameters In NSG category the total score is out of 1000 in which process evaluation direct observation and citizens feedback weighs each 33333 per cent of the total score While in SG 1 category 35 stations with a footfall of over 30 million passengers and earning over 25 crores were ranked accordingly to their cleanliness parametersThese railways stations are among cleanest stations in IndiaEvaluation of green efforts has also been added in this report Indian Railways comprises of more than eight thousand stations These stations were categorised with criteria of footfall and earning In this categorisation the stations have been recategorised based on the type and have been clubbed into three groups ie Non ndash Suburban NS SuburbanS and HaltH Considering the significance of nonndashSuburban and suburban stations in terms of revenue and footfall NSG1 NSG2 NSG3 NSG 4 and SG1 SG2 Respectively for the purpose of assessment and rankingWhile Western Railway Mumbai has overall claimed top slots for its major stations suburban and nonsuburban ie Surat Andheri Virar Naigaon Kandivali Borivli Santacruz and Udhna in two categories of National Cleanliness report was declared by Ministry of Railways on October 2 2019 The Central Railway stations are Currey Road Dombivli and Kingrsquos CircleRavinder Bhakar Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway said these stations have found prominent places in the All India third party audit and cleanliness survey ranking of 407 major stations In NonSuburban NSG 1 category of stations Surat station tops the list over the Indian Railways while in NonSuburban NSG category 2 stations of WR ie Udhna and Surat stations were in the list with ranking 16th and 18th ranking respectively Bhaker saidIn the Suburban Category category of stations six stations of Western Railway featured in first top 10 rank Exclusively the top four spots were bagged by stations of Western railways Mumbai Division namely Andheri Virar Naigaon and Kandivli respectively while Borivli and Santacruz secured 9th and 10th position respectively over Indian RailwaysThe booking counter in the West has made Andheri station hitech according to many commuters PicsSatyajit DesaiSolapur station tops in Green Scoring on Central RailwayGreen score rating on the Central Railway has been done on the basis of Green Cover at Station Liquid Waste Management Solid Waste Management Energy Management and ISO Chairman Railway Board Vinod Kumar Yadav other Members of Railway Board General Manager Northern Railway along with senior Railway officials were present on the occasionPiyush Goyal and other Dignitaries also went around the Exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi and displays of Tools and Equipment used for cleaning purposes Under the initiative of waste and scrap management a sculpture of Bapu made from scrap material was showcased The Minister also inaugurated an exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi at National Rail Museum through Video ConferencingPiyush Goyal said Today we are committed to developing India as a Clean India Healthy India and Prosperous India Indian Railways is doing its bit to provide a clean and hygienic environment to the travelling people There is a need to value the change emerged in the mindset of common people Today India is one of those countries which give priority to cleanliness Today cleanliness programme is being conducted over 6500 stations across Indian Railways to showcase the efforts putting in by Indian Railways to keep trains stations and railway premises clean Indian Railways has celebrated Swachchta Pakhwada from September 16 to October 2 2019 Indian Railways has also banned singleuse plastic across its premisesGoyal added that as safety is accorded first priority Indian Railways has started manufacturing LHB coaches only and these LHB coaches are being equipped with biotoiletsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates