Clean Indore, Dirty Trains? Railway Hygiene Under Scrutiny

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Cockroaches, unclean washrooms and leaking coach ceilings turned a train journey into a consumer dispute, prompting an Indore commission to direct Western Railway’s Ratlam Division to pay passengers Rs 10,000 for deficiency in service.The case echoes concerns in a Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) performance audit, which flagged rising coach-hygiene complaints, inadequate cleaning infrastructure, weak...