Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) has intensified monitoring of drinking water quality and sanitation at railway stations and colonies to ensure safe and hygienic facilities for passengers and railway employees.
As part of a special 15-day fortnight drive conducted from August 18 to September 3, followed by continuous monitoring, ECoR carried out extensive water quality checks covering 175 railway stations and 160 railway colonies.
A total of 1,037 Residual Chlorine tests and 288 bacteriological tests were conducted during the drive and subsequent monitoring.
The drive covered all three divisions of ECoR—Khordha Road, Sambalpur and Rayagada. During the monitoring, seven bacteriological samples were initially found non-compliant.
Immediate corrective measures were taken in this regard, followed by mandatory retesting. All seven samples were subsequently found to be as per the prescribed protocol.
