- People stick bills/posters outside trains and on platforms
- Lack of cleanliness of coaches/ stations/ toilets
- Using toilets when the train is stationary
- People spitting on the station/on the tracks/inside the train
- People defecating in the open at railway stations and on tracks
- Travellers do not flush after using the toilet
- Railways does not have adequate housekeeping staff to clean toilets
- Garbage is thrown anywhere
- Dustbins are missing from compartments, inadequate or not emptied timely
- Rats and Cockroaches are common in compartments and pantry
- Smoking in train compartments
- People sleeping on the floor and pathways
- People sleeping on the platforms
- Beggars with no Civic Sense found onboard in trains and on stations
Root Causes for lack of cleanliness in Indian Railways
Solutions to improve Cleanliness of Indian Railways
Source: Swachh Bharat campaign of Ministry of Urban Development Government of India.