NF Railway Adopts Hygienic practices, Eliminates Single-Use Plastic

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: A massive campaign to promote awareness about cleanliness was started on Monday at NF Railway. This campaign has been launched as part of the country wide drive to educate people through IEC (Information, Education and Communication) activities about the use of Bio-toilets, resisting use of plastic in railway premises and observing good sanitation habits by avoiding open defecation, etc for keeping railway tracks clean.

As part of the “Swachhta Pakhwara”, General Manager, NF Railway Sanjive Roy addressed the media and explained in detail about the intention behind the campaign launch. He said that as railway track is spread throughout the country touching every nook and corner, railways can play a much bigger role to promote cleanliness. For this, NF Railway has already started awareness campaign through display advertisements, nukkad nataks, banners, posters, audio jingles through FM channels and campaign through social media platforms throughout NF Railway, so that all section of people can be reached upon. Moreover, a massive “Shramdan” will be organized on September 17 by the railway fraternity in railway premises where retired railway personnel, family members of railway employees apart from other stake holder will also participate. Emphasis will be on collecting waste plastic from places like platform, train, tracks, hospital, school, colony etc.

The general manager also mentioned that, authorized vendors at railway stations are being educated about avoiding single use plastic. It may be mentioned here that, apart from providing bio-toilets in trains, NF Railway has also provided separate dustbins for bio and non-bio degradable items in railway premises for use of railway passengers. Railway stations are being cleaned regularly. Cleanliness of some important stations is also being monitored by CCTV. And all the 664 railway catering stalls in NF Railway have already been asked to use only re-cycle able plastic for packaging of food from September 15. All these efforts are being undertaken so that everyone acts in a direction to live in a clean and hygienic environment.

As part of the Swachhta Pakhwara, each day till September 30, targeting, monitoring and improvement of different aspects related to cleanliness and hygiene will be observed.

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