Question: According to Third Party Audit Report released by Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu on Station Cleanliness , which station of the country is the Cleanest Station in A-1, category?
(a) Beas
(b) Secunderabad
(c) Vijayawada
(d) Visakhapatnam
Answer- (d)
Related facts:
- On May 17, 2017, union minister of railways, Suresh Prabhu released Third Party Audit Report on Station Cleanliness and Inaugurated Swachh Rail Portal.
- According to this report, Vishakhapatnam Railway Station of Andhra Pradesh is the Cleanest Station out of 75 Stations in A-1, category.
- Other Clean Railway Stations in the A-1 category are respectively Secunderabad, Telangana , Jammu Tawi, Jammu Kashmir, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, Anand Vihar Terminal, Delhi and Lucknow,
- Beas in Punjab is the Cleanest Station out of 332 stations in A category Stations.
- Other clean railway stations in the A category of the country are Khammam, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, Durgapur, Mancherial, and Badnera.
- South East Central is the Cleanest Railway Zone out of 16 railway zones.
- South East Central zone is followed by Eastern Coastal Railway Zone, Central Railway Zone, South Central Railway Zone, Western Railway Zone and South Western Railway Zone respectively.
- 407 major stations have been given rankings based on the survey on the cleanliness of stations in this Report.
- Minister of Railways launched a “SWACHH RAIL PORTAL” to showcase rankings of stations and trains, methodology adopted for rankings and stations/trains specific dashboards. This web portal is http://www.railswachh.in
- On this occasion, the Union Railway Minister dedicated the ” a clean rail portal ‘‘and station / train special dashboard to the country.
- It is important to note that Indian Railways is the third largest rail network with 66,000 route kilometer stretch covering more than 8000 stations.
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