PUNE: Minister of state for railways
Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha has stated that all efforts were taken to keep the coaches in properly maintained and clean condition. In the written reply he said that all efforts are made by the railways to address the complaints.
Elaborating some of the major initiatives taken by
Indian Railways towards improvement of
cleanliness and
maintenance of coaches he stated that mechanized cleaning was undertaken for all coaches of trains at both ends.
The minister stated that On Board Housekeeping Service (OBHS) has been provided in more than 970 pairs of trains including Rajdhani, Shatabdi and other important long distance Mail/Express trains for cleaning of coach toilets, doorways, aisles and passenger compartments during the run of the trains.
The railways have also introduced the 'Clean My Coach' service provided on demand in nearly 950 pairs of important Superfast/Mail/Express long distance trains having On Board Housekeeping Service.
A Clean Train Station (CTS) scheme has also been prescribed for limited mechanized cleaning attention to identified trains including cleaning of toilets during their scheduled stoppages enroute at nominated stations while regular maintenance and upkeep of all passenger coaches is carried out during laid down maintenance schedules at the Coaching depots and workshops to ensure that they remain in good condition.
The minister stated that some special measures like running of model rake trains (like Mahamana Express), upgradation of identified Rajdhani / Shatabdi trains to Swarn Standard, running of Humsafar, Tejas, Antyodaya trains etc. have also been taken to improve travelling experience.
