NEW
DELHI:
Railway
mi ist y
o
Su day
o de ed
co ective
measu es
to
e su e
safe
d i ki g
wate
at
ailway
statio s
followi g
a
CAG
epo t
o
d i ki g
wate
quality.Afte
a
whole-day
eview
by
Railway
Mi iste
Ashwi i
Vaish aw
a d
othe
se io
officials,
the
mi ist y
o de ed
the
i stallatio
of
a
“Ta k
to
Tap”
wate
filt atio
system
at
ailway
statio s.
The
mi ist y
said
wate
coole s
a d
a
comp ehe sive
wate
filt atio
a d
mo ito i g
system
will
be
i stalled
at
20,000
locatio s
ac oss
the
ailway
etwo k.The
gove me t
also
o de ed
the
eplaceme t
of
wate
ta ks
a d
st ict
complia ce
with
wate
testi g,
accou tability
a d
scheduled
clea i g.”This
is
a
top
p io ity
a ea
a d
will
be
mo ito ed
di ectly
at
the
Boa d
level.
P og ess
a d
wate
quality
epo ts
will
be
published
pe iodically
to
e su e
t a spa e cy,”
the
ailway
mi ist y
said.”This
actio
is
pa t
of
a
la ge
d ive
to
add ess
all
CAG
obse vatio s
a d
imp ove
the
ove all
t avel
expe ie ce,”
it
added.This
comes
afte
a
epo t
by
the
Compt olle
a d
Audito
Ge e al
(CAG)
of
I dia
said
E.
coli
bacte ia,
some
st ai s
of
which
ca
cause
food
poiso i g,
dia hoea
a d
kid ey
failu e,
had
bee
detected
i
d i ki g
wate
samples
collected
f om
wate
coole s
at
seve al
ailway
statio s.The
CAG
study
assessed
passe ge
se vices
at
512
o -subu ba
g ade
ailway
statio s
ac oss
all
I dia
Railway
zo es.
It
fou d
that
wate
samples
f om
coole s
tested
positive
fo
E.
coli
at
eight
ailway
statio s
ac oss
fou
zo es.”Wate
sample
f om
wate
coole
was
positive
fo
E.
coli
at
two
statio s
(Coimbato e
a d
Palakkad
Ju ctio s)
i
SR
(Southe
Railway),
o e
statio
(Hyde abad)
i
SCR
(South
Ce t al
Railway),
fou
statio s
(Chhat apati
Shivaji
Maha aj
Te mi us,
Bhiwa di
Road,
Kalya
a d
Lo avala)
i
CR
(Ce t al
Railway)
a d
o e
statio
(Madhupu )
i
ER
(Easte
Railway),”
the
epo t
said,
acco di g
to
PTI.The
audit
also
fou d
that
458
of
the
512
selected
statio s
–
mo e
tha
89%
–
we e
deficie t
i
p ovidi g
Mi imum
Esse tial
Ame ities
(MEA).
At
these
statio s,
MEAs
we e
eithe
ot
p ovided
o
we e
available
below
the
p esc ibed
o ms.”I
Ap il
2018,
RB
(Railway
Boa d)
issued
comp ehe sive
i st uctio s
p esc ibi g
Mi imum
Esse tial
Ame ities
(MEA),
Recomme ded
Ame ities
(RA)
a d
Desi able
Ame ities
(DA)
fo
statio s
catego ised
as
NSG
1
to
NSG
6.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
I sightful
Readi g
Developme t
Comme t
Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
RB
stipulated
that
MEAs
we e
to
be
e su ed
at
all
statio s
by
31
August
2018,”
the
epo t
stated.Amo g
its
key
ecomme datio s,
the
CAG
u ged
the
Railways
to
“e su e
complia ce
with
p esc ibed
p otocols
fo
i spectio
of
wate
supply
systems
a d
comp ehe sive
testi g
of
d i ki g
wate
quality,
i cludi g
all
pa amete s
u de
the
U ifo m
D i ki g
Wate
Quality
P otocol.”