Station Cleanliness Survey list out: Jaipur & Jodhpur at the top

Three stations in Rajasthan bagged top hours but ne in national capital figured in top 10 list of railways' cleanliness survey unveiled on Wednesday by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Jaipur, Jodhpur and Durgapur railway station top  list; New Delhi ranked 165

Jaipur, Jodhpur and Durgapura were top three ranking railway stations among 720 stations. In national capital, Anand Vihar Terminal was ranked 26, New Delhi station 165 and Hazrat Nizamuddin stood at 241 in list. While Sar Bazar was among last in list of clean stations, Delhi Cantonment, Delhi Junction and Shahra were ranked 389, 390 and 378 respectively. Among 109 suburban stations assessed, Andheri, Virar and Naigaon were top three. rth Western Railway, which covers a route length of more than 5,761 km across parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana, topped list of zones, followed by South East Central Railway and East Central Railway.

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railways have been conducting third-party audit and cleanliness ranking of 407 major stations annually since 2016. This year, survey was expanded to include 720 stations and suburban stations were also included for first time. Evaluation of green efforts have also been ded to report. Goyal said, "Today we are committed to developing a Clean India, Healthy India and Prosperous India. railways is doing its bit to provide a clean and hygienic environment to travellers." "Many governments came after Independence, but re was a delay in carrying out Bapu's vision until Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over responsibility of country," he said, ding railways has also banned single-use plastic across its premises Wednesday onwards.

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"Only two per cent have scored above 90 per cent," Station Cleanliness Survey states

In Station Cleanliness Survey, it was found that among n-suburban stations, two per cent have scored above 90 per cent of total score whereas five per cent stations scored below 50 per cent. Among suburban stations, four per cent of stations scored within range of 70 per cent to 80 per cent, whereas 14 per cent stations scored 50 per cent. survey also found that out of 720 stations, 25 per cent h provision for water conservation, 18 per cent of m h a mechanism for rainwater harvesting and nine per cent h provision for water reuse.  Only two per cent stations h green certification while 29 per cent h provision for on-site renewable energy using solar panels. survey also revealed that 66 per cent of stations were using LED bulbs.

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Four stations of Sourn Railway, Perungalathur, Guduvanchari, Singaperumalkoil, and Ottapallam were at bottom of rankings. n-suburban stations Faizab and Ayodhya in Uttar Presh have shown most improvement from last year, survey found. 

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