Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, June 10:
The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has taken up massive cleanliness drive at important railway stations in Odisha under its jurisdiction.
ECoR general manager Rajiv Vishnoi has asked the concerned officials to bring out the visible improvement of cleanliness at railway station premises including the platforms, concourse areas, passenger movement areas, yards, drains and rag-picking sites.
The 15-day drive has started from June 7 at all the A-1, A & B category stations in Bhubaneswar, Puri, Bhadrak, Brahmapur, Cuttack, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road and Khurda Road stations under Khurda Road Railway Division, Rayagada, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam & Vizianagaram stations under Waltair Division and Sambalpur, Balangir and Bargarh stations under Sambalpur Railway Division, an ECoR release said today.
Modern cleanliness equipments are being used in the drive and the departmental officials under the supervision of departmental heads are actively participating in the drive.
Besides, divisional railway managers, additional divisional railway managers and divisional branch officers have also been directed to inspect the stations and trains etc actively to ensure the improvement of cleanliness.
ECoR has urged the passengers and rail users to extend cooperation to this drive.