Just two months after the Central Railway (CR) decided to ban use of plastic bags across all its stations, lack of support from all quarters forced its officials to revoke the decision in July 2012. But with Union Railway Minister P K Bansal mentioning a ban on plastic bags in his recently delivered rail budget speech, it is likely to be implemented soon. Sources in the railways said the Railway Board would soon prioritise the need for banning plastic bags at stations and in trains.

CR hopes that banning plastic from its stations and trains will help keep the premises clean