What the Indian Railways wants
The Indian Railways is arguably India’s largest facility owner and manager. The housekeeping, waste management and linen care choices it makes affect more facility users than in any other industry.…
The Indian Railways is arguably India’s largest facility owner and manager. The housekeeping, waste management and linen care choices it makes affect more facility users than in any other industry.…
Leading manufacturer of cleaning machines IP Cleaning India Pvt Ltd has launched its 15th branch at Bhubaneshwar, which makes it the third IPC branch in the eastern region. The inaugural…
[box type=”shadow” ]It was for the first time that facility service provider got an opportunity to interact face-to-face with senior Railway officials, who are directly in charge of Housekeeping and…
The Indian Railways has decided to focus on the cleanliness of trains and conduct an audit of all major trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi and other express trains to make zonal…
Following the success of On-Board Housekeeping Service (OBHS) at Central Railway, the Southern Railway is set to launch OBHS for 26 trains of its Thiruvananthapuram railway division. The service enables…
Railways, the world’s largest network of transportation, carries over 23 million passengers daily across the country. Chugging through ‘tunnels’, it has been constantly evolving to roll out washed and clean…
Railways Minister D. V. Sadananda Gowda has announced a substantial increase in budget allocation for cleanliness in the current year, which is a 40 percent increase over the previous year.…
North Central Railway is planning to outsource mechanized cleaning of coaches, carriage watering and depot cleaning at Agra Fort coaching depot on turnkey basis for a period of three years.…
The January issue of Clean India Journal discussed at length the increased efficiency mechanised cleaning can bring both in terms of cost and the cleaning results. While building service contractors and Facility Management companies are putting equipment and chemicals to optimum use in maintaining various facilities, Railways, Airports and Highways are also experiencing the benefits of mechanisation. CIJ had earlier covered the cleaning system adopted by the Southern Railways. This time, the focus is on the Central Railway. During a visit to the Central Railway offices in Mumbai and also to one of the Railway yards, CIJ’s Mohana found that within six months of adopting mechanisation in coach cleaning, the results seem very encouraging.