Jaipur, Jodhpur cleanest railway stations in NWR

Jaipur and Jodhpur railway stations have made both the state and the NWR division proud. Jaipur railway station achieved second position in the Cleanliness Survey Report 2018, which was released on Monday. The NWR has stood first in all the zones in this cleanliness report.

While Jaipur has achieved the second position, first position has been bagged by Jodhpur station in this all India report. These two stations are in the list of A1 category.

This is not all, there are six stations of NWR in the top 10 list in A category. Marwar station has bagged the first position while Phulera is on second spot. Udaipur, Jaisalmer, Barmer and Bhilwara have also attained 4th, 5th, 7th and 10th rank in this list depicting impressive cleanliness among the railway stations across the country.

On achieving this feat, railway minister Piyush Goyal in a tweet, complimented the people of Rajasthan for the achievement. He added that both Jodhpur and Jaipur are tourists cities. 

Jaipur was ranked 8th in the last ranking while Jodhpur was ranked 17th in the same ranking. 

“This has been made possible due to the joint efforts of all the railway employees and passengers. It’s a moment of pride for all of us and we will have to maintain this with our efforts,” said TP Singh General manager of NWR.