Your next Indian Railways trip set to be a Swachh ride
The Railway Board has said that the ‘Swachhta Pakhwara’, from September 15 to October 2, would mark the beginning of the railways’ plans to commemorate Gandhi’s birth anniversary.
All coaches of the Indian Railways will now display the logo of Swachh Bharat and the national flag as part of the national transporter’s plans to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
The Railway Board has said that the ‘Swachhta Pakhwara’, from September 15 to October 2, would mark the beginning of the railways’ plans to commemorate Gandhi’s birth anniversary.
It has identified 43 stations with special association with Mahatma Gandhi which will be painted thematically while 28 others near iconic places would undergo cleanliness drives.
Among the 43 stations are Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Surat, Danapur, Asansol, Bengaluru, Vadodara and among the iconic stations are Puri, Amritsar, Haridwar, Kurukshetra.
The board has also picked up themes for the next six months starting October 2018 - sanitation, non-violence, voluntary community service, communal unity, removal of untouchability, and women empowerment.
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Instructions have also been sent out to plant trees along railway tracks and get both serving and retired railway personnel along with passengers to participate in ‘Shram Daan’.
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