South Central Railway (SCR) bagged the second position among all zones of Indian Railways with Tirupati and Warangal ranked at No.3 position in A1 and A categories, respectively. Vijayawada, Secunderabad, Hyderabad and Kacheguda stations also feature in the top-15 list.
This ranking is as per the all-India third party survey report on railway station cleanliness of Quality Council of India released by Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday in New Delhi. SCR has registered a significant improvement by moving to second from the earlier fourth position.
This is the third such audit-cum-survey which has been conducted by Railways to increase level of cleanliness by identifying unclean spots/gaps and to improve cleanliness standards and also to propel healthy competition among railway stations.
In A1 category, Tirupati station has bagged the third rank in the top-10, Vijayawada is at fourth place and Secunderabad has secured sixth spot while Hyderabad stands at eighth position. Kacheguda station is ranked 14th. In the A category, Warangal is ranked at No.3, Nizamabad at sixth and Mancherial at eighth positions.
Parameters adopted for conducting the survey were cleanliness in parking, main entry area, main platform, waiting room and passenger feedback, a press note said.