Salem junction rated No.1 cleanest station among all Indian Railway Divisional Head Quarters Railway Stations & rated among the top 10 cleanest railway stations, in survey conducted by IRCTC for Indian Railways, and Erode junction secures 5th rank

Under the “Swachch Rail, Swachch Bharat” (Clean Railways, Clean India) campaign, a survey was conducted by Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), among the passengers in A1 (the stations that earn above Rs.60 crores per annum revenue) and A (the stations that earn between Rs.5 crores and Rs.60 crores revenue per annum) category railway stations, providing various parameters.  Cleanliness in 407 stations requesting passengers to grade them from 1 for very good to 5 for below average.

IRCTC has now submitted its final reports. According to the report, out of the 407 stations, 105 stations were rated at Cleanliness Levels 1 & 2, 166 stations at Level 3 and 136 stations in Levels 4 & 5. Among the 17 zones of Indian Railways, 3 zones viz. Western, South Western and Southern Railway have been rated as the best zones.

1.        In the Survey, in the ratings for the Railway Stations in Divisional Head Quarters, Salem Junction has been ranked No.1

2.            Salem Junction has also been rated among the top 10 cleanest railway stations and has been ranked as the 9^th Cleanest Railway station among the A1 and A category stations all over Indian Railways. 

3.           In the ratings for the cleanest Divisions, Salem Division, Southern Railway, has been ranked as the 4^th cleanest Division among the 68 Indian Railway Divisions.

4.                 In the rating for stations that handle 10,000-25,000 passengers per day, Salem Junction has been ranked at No.3, with Erode Junction at No.5.

Sri Hari Shankar Verma, Divisional Railway Manager, Salem, appreciated Dr. M. Narasimham, Chief Medical Superintendent, Salem, and his team of officers and staff for these achievements.