Railways to do water sampling twice a week

Ludhiana: Even as food stall owners didn’t resume their work of providing packed eatables to passengers, but the Railways are making efforts to provide clean drinking water to them by sampling the water being supplied through taps thrice a week.
Ludhiana railway station director Tarun Kumar said, “At a time when cases of Covid-19 are rising, local railway authorities have decided to take precautions by taking samples of drinking water thrice a week.”
“Earlier, the officials of the sanitation and cleanliness department used to check the sample of water once in 15 days. We are trying our best to provide safe water to the passengers. Even the water vending machines on different platforms are working efficiently for providing clean drinking water at reasonable rates to passengers,” the director said.
Meanwhile, some passengers hailed the decision. A frequent passenger, Nitin Sharma, said, “The Railways have taken a very crucial step of doing sampling thrice a week as clean drinking water strengthens the immune system, which further helps them to fight against Covid-19. Moreover, passengers had mostly heard about poor quality of water being supplied through water taps by railway authorities and this preventive action could bring a positive impact on the working of the authorities.”