Top 14 reasons why Indian Railways is dirty and solutions to solve it

  1. People stick bills/posters outside trains and on platforms
  2. Lack of cleanliness of coaches/ stations/ toilets
  3. Using toilets when the train is stationary
  4. People spitting on the station/on the tracks/inside the train
  5. People defecating in the open at railway stations and on tracks
  6. Travellers do not flush after using the toilet
  7. Railways does not have adequate housekeeping staff to clean toilets
  8. Garbage is thrown anywhere
  9. Dustbins are missing from compartments, inadequate or not emptied timely
  10. Rats and Cockroaches are common in compartments and pantry
  11. Smoking in train compartments
  12. People sleeping on the floor and pathways
  13. People sleeping on the platforms
  14. Beggars with no Civic Sense found onboard in trains and on stations

Mr.Curious

Root Causes for lack of cleanliness in Indian Railways

Solutions to improve Cleanliness of Indian Railways

Source: Swachh Bharat campaign of Ministry of Urban Development Government of India.