Cleanliness awareness campaign launched at Coimbatore, Salem junctions
As part of the fortnightly cleanliness awareness campaign (Swachch Pakhwada) of the Indian Railways, volunteers of the NSS unit of the Sri Ramakrishna Arts and Science College in Coimbatore launched an awareness drive at Coimbatore Railway Junction on Saturday.
They enacted skits and street plays in Tamil with an explanation in Hindi in front of the railway junction. Over 200 NSS volunteers are involved in cleaning the frontage of the junction and the platforms in the presence of Station Master Chinnaraj, principal of the college K. Karunakaran, and Lions Club of Coimbatore Town president Ramprakash.
The programme is organised by the Salem Division of the Southern Railway in association with the Lions Club of Coimbatore Town and Sri Krishna Arts and Science College.
Salem Divisional Railway Manager Hari Shankar Verma inspected the ongoing development works at the Coimbatore junction on Saturday evening. He announced various passenger amenities including pick up and drop facility at the podium of the railway station a few days ago. He directed the officials to speed up the ongoing works related to passenger amenities at the junction, railway sources here said.
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The Salem Railway Division launched the campaign recently.
The inaugural day of the campaign (Wednesday) was observed as Swachch awareness (cleanliness awareness) day in all the major railway stations. All stakeholders such as railway staff, railway cleaning staff, railway contract cleaning staff, passengers, cab / auto drivers who used railway stations were assembled at the different stations and cleanliness pledge was administered to them by the senior railway officials. They took the pledge of remaining committed towards cleanliness; that they would neither litter nor let others litter; and they would inculcate the habit of cleanliness among their family members.
A.Vijuvin, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, administered the pledge in Salem Railway Junction. Senior officials administered pledge in Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode, and Uthagamandalam Railway Stations.
The campaign would be continued till August 31.