150,000 dedicate 500,000 hours in 9 days for ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’: Railways

More than 1.5 lakh individuals participated in the first nine days of the ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ campaign, dedicating about five lakh man-hours to the exercise since it was launched on September 15, the railway ministry said on Tuesday.

The railways runs a cleanliness campaign from September 15 to 30 every year for a cleaner and more sanitised railway system.

This year there is a special emphasis on the cleanliness of railway tracks at stations, approaches to major stations, and the elimination of plastic waste from railway premises.