A survey of the 75 busiest railway stations in the country listed Visakhapatnam as the cleanest and Darbhanga as the dirtiest, PTI reported. The survey was carried out by the Quality Council of India and the report was released by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday.
Secunderabad station came second, Jammu, third, and New Delhi station came 39th on the survey which judged stations on the presence of dustbins, cleanliness of toilets and that of train tracks, among other things. This was the third such survey commissioned by the Railways as part of the Centre’s Swachh Rail programme to keep stations and tracks clean.
Other stations in Delhi fared better than New Delhi station. While the Anand Vihar station came fifth on the list, the Old Delhi and Nizamuddin stations came 24th and 23rd respectively.
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