Railways restarts cleanliness drive at Charbagh station

LUCKNOW: Railways has restarted its cleanliness drive at Charbagh station on Sunday. Under the drive, people littering the station, smoking at the place and entering the station premises without a platform ticket will be penalised.
On Sunday, as many as 44 people were penalised for littering the station area. Railways realised Rs 4,400 from the defaulters.People littering the station area are slapped with a fine of Rs 100 and those found smoking at the place have to pay Rs 200 as fine. “While right now passengers will only be fined, very soon we will also prosecute them,” said Amitabh Kumar, station manager, Charbagh. The drive was launched by railways in 2009. In the last two years, Rs 38 lakh has been collected as revenue by way of realising fine from passengers and about 5,000 people have been charged.