In a cleanliness survey conducted by Indian Railways and Quality Council of India, the Charbagh railway station and Lucknow Junction have been ranked 150th and 109th among 700-odd railway stations in India.
A report titled ‘Swachh Rail, Swachh Baharat’, was released earlier this week. Railway stations were given rankings on three parameters- process evaluation, direct observation and citizen feedback.
Apart from being the state capital, Lucknow is the parliamentary constituency of Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh.
Allahabad railway station ranked 82nd, performing better than Lucknow.
Varanasi railway station was ranked 86th while the Varanasi City railway station was figured on 396th rank. There was a huge difference in the ranking of these two railway stations managed by the Northern railways.
Varanasi is the constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It ranked at 69th position in the previous survey.
Considering the fact that a sum of Rs 20 lakh is spent per month in ensuring the cleanliness of the railway station, the slip in the ranking is surprising.