Bandra railway station is the cleanest in Mumbai, Dadar the dirtiest

The Indian Railways had commissioned the survey in which 407 stations across the country were examined

For the second consecutive year, none of Mumbai’s eight busiest stations made it to the list of India’s 10 cleanest stations. Bandra station, however, managed to grab the 15th spot in the Indian Railways’ cleanliness survey.

Of the lot, Bandra fared the best, grabbing the 15th spot (HT file photo)

Pune station fared better and ranked nine among the A1 category of the list released by railway minister Suresh Prabhu in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Last year, Pune ranked 75 while Bandra stood at 60.

According to the report, Lonavala also moved up the rankings from 312 position in 2016 to 29 this year.

Eight ‘A1 and A’ stations on the Mumbai suburban network were surveyed.

The A1 category stations were CST, Dadar, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus, Thane, Mumbai Central, Bandra station and Kalyan.

Panvel was the only ‘A category’ station.

Mumbai Central had emerged as the cleanest among the eight stations in 2016 but this it slipped to 27 while Surat station on the Western Railway which had topped the A1 category last year, fell to 26 this time.

The environment and housekeeping management directorate of the Railway board has commissioned the survey under the Swatch Rail Swatch Bharat mission last year.

According to railway sources, Indian railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) outsourced the
survey to a third party agency — Quality Council of India (QCI).

“The stations were ranked according to their cleanliness in parking, main entry area, main platform and waiting rooms. The agency visited the stations to gauge their cleanliness and took into account passenger feedback,” the railway’s release stated.

It added, “A 24x7 control room was set up and images were geo-tagged to monitor progress.”

Railway sources said that among the 17 zonal railways, CR and WR ranked 3rd and 6th respectively on cleanliness.