Lok Sabha Question No. 23 (STARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: Cleanliness at Railway Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 23 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2018

## CLEANLINESS AT RAILWAY STATIONS

- *23. SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that toilets, dormitories and rest rooms are not cleaned by the Railways regularly in spite of allocation of budget  for  the  purpose,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the reasons therefor;
- (b) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Railways  to  remedy  the situation;
- (c) the budget allocated and spent for the above purpose during the last three years and the current year, zone-wise; and
- (d) whether  tracks  at  noted  railway  stations  are  also  not  being cleaned  at  regular  intervals  and  if  so,  the  reasons  therefor, particularly in respect of railway stations in Madhya Pradesh?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COAL (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. *****

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 23 BY SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 12.12.2018 REGARDING CLEANLINESS AT RAILWAY STATIONS (a),  (b)  &  (d)  No,  Madam.  At  major  stations  of  Indian  Railways, platform,  foot  over  bridge,  offices,  toilets,  dormitories  and  rest rooms  are  cleaned  by  the  Railways  regularly  through  provision  of Mechanised cleaning contracts with improved processes, machinery and updated management systems. At other stations, the cleaning work is being managed through manual contracts through outsourcing and departmental staff to keep the toilets, dormitories, rest rooms, platforms etc. in a satisfactory condition. This also includes all the tracks of platform lines, which are cleaned according to the usage of the platform lines at specified periodicity. The  schedule  of  cleaning  being  followed  is  uniform  over  entire Indian Railways, including Madhya Pradesh, and is only dependent and varying as per the categorization of the station. Provision of biotoilets  in  trains  is  further  contributing  to  improve  track  cleaning, including at stations, by environment friendly digestion and disposal of human waste. It is emphasised that cleaning is a regular activity and every effort is  done by Railways to maintain cleanliness. The fact of improved cleanliness  has  been  established  through  independent  3 rd   party survey of major 407 stations of Indian Railways during last 3 years. (c)    The  details  of  budget  allocations  and  expenditure  for  last  03 years and that of current year are appended.

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## APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 23 BY SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 12.12.2018 REGARDING CLEANLINESS AT RAILWAY STATIONS

## (c) The details of budget allocations and expenditure for last 03 years and that of current year are as under: (Figures in Crores of Rupees)

| Zonal Railway       |   Revised Estimate 2015-16 |   Actual 2015-16 |   Revised Estimate 2016-17 |   Actual 2016-17 |   Revised Estimate 2017-18 |   Actual 2017-18 |   Budget Estimate 2018-19 |   Expenditure incurred in 2018-19 (upto 2nd Oct.'2018) |
|---------------------|----------------------------|------------------|----------------------------|------------------|----------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| Central             |                      23.6  |            24.23 |                      44.46 |            44.96 |                      66.56 |            49.55 |                     71.76 |                                                  36.54 |
| Eastern             |                      28.04 |            20.66 |                      41.79 |            32.9  |                      44.86 |            34.71 |                     47.88 |                                                  24.89 |
| Northern            |                      21.17 |            30.26 |                      43.01 |            23.26 |                      20.91 |            46.61 |                     17.46 |                                                  15.18 |
| North Eastern       |                       7.48 |             6.16 |                       6.2  |             2.95 |                      13.8  |            11.23 |                     18.2  |                                                  13.66 |
| North East Frontier |                       4.85 |             7.54 |                      10.93 |            14.04 |                      17.7  |            23.49 |                     18.82 |                                                  35.84 |
| Southern            |                      34.03 |            28.21 |                       9.56 |            63.99 |                      82.15 |            76.24 |                     87.13 |                                                   6.5  |
| South Central       |                      26.37 |            23.38 |                      41.1  |            28.16 |                      38.18 |            24.61 |                     53.37 |                                                   9.84 |
| South Eastern       |                       9.09 |             6.76 |                      12.36 |             9.37 |                      14.15 |            12.62 |                     17.94 |                                                   9.5  |
| Western             |                      45.87 |            39.46 |                      52.61 |            54.22 |                      63.12 |            80.53 |                     60.57 |                                                  12.09 |
| East Central        |                      22.98 |            16.7  |                      42.06 |            14.43 |                      25.6  |            23.67 |                     27.78 |                                                  47.02 |
| East Coast          |                      12.29 |             9.88 |                      11.21 |            17.21 |                      23.82 |            22.07 |                     26.78 |                                                  15.11 |
| North Central       |                      10.48 |             6.41 |                       3.1  |            11.39 |                      15.03 |            12.12 |                     20.44 |                                                   6.22 |
| North Western       |                      11.29 |             8.22 |                      22.59 |             6.32 |                      28.98 |            18.65 |                     35.61 |                                                  18.39 |
| South East Central  |                      14    |            15.68 |                      25.66 |            23.99 |                      26.52 |            35.64 |                     24.87 |                                                   7.38 |
| South Western       |                      12.02 |            10.3  |                      15.7  |            14.41 |                      21.44 |            19.92 |                     26.75 |                                                  49.47 |
| West Central        |                      10.18 |            11.14 |                      28.99 |             2.71 |                      36.6  |            15.07 |                     40.09 |                                                  11.55 |
| Total               |                     293.74 |           264.99 |                     411.33 |           364.31 |                     539.42 |           506.73 |                    595.45 |                                                 319.18 |

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