Indian Railways is all set to install plastic bottle crushers at all A1 and A category stations before 2nd October.
Visibility of separate waste bins will also be increased on all A1 and A category Railway Stations across the country. These would bear SHS logo. IRCTC will carry out the return of plastic drinking bottles as part of Extended Producer Responsibility. Plastic Bottle crushing machines will be provided at all other Railway Stations.
Parameswaran Iyer, the Secretary of Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation had met Railway Board Chairman,V.K.Yadav in connection with this purpose and discussed ways that the Railways could work for plastic waste collection, as properties of Indian Railways has the largest interface with the public across the country.
In the meantime, Railway Ministry is observing ‘Swachhta-Hi-Seva Pakhwada’ across its entire network from 11th September to 2ns October.
Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal has also advised the Railway Administration to give special attention on cleanliness at Railway Stations and in trains throughout the ‘Pakhwada’.Previously Goyal had instructed for 10 days cleanliness drive for trains and stations starting 2nd September, 2019. He directed Zonal Railways to upload selected photographs on E-Drishti, Minister’s dashboard for monitoring purposes.
Railways said, by 2nd of October development work of 150 nurseries on Railway properties across the country will be completed.
