South Central Railways (SCR) General Manager Vinod Kumar Yadav on Monday instructed officials to improve and ensure coach cleanliness for all trains and stations by means of continuous monitoring.

Yadav was speaking at a review meeting with Principal Heads of Departments at SCR Headquarters Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad. The Divisional Railway Managers (DRM) of six divisions, i.e. Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guntakal, Guntur and Nanded, participated through video conference.

Yadav emphasised the need to accord high priority to coach cleanliness and to ensure passenger satisfaction by evolving effective mechanisms for round-the-clock cleanliness. He instructed officials to conduct frequent checks for maintaining cleanliness and formulate system improvement procedures to reach the prescribed standards.

He also advised the Divisional Railway Managers to prepare station re-development proposals for further action. The meeting held elaborate discussions on safety aspects and focused on the works related to elimination of level crossings, and track renewal works to be carried out to prevent untoward incidents.