Indian Railways is the fourth largest rail system in the world. About 2.5 crore passengers travel in Indian Railways every day. Railways is now providing all facilities to its passengers. From trains to stations, everything has been very good. But a problem still remains in Indian Railways. And that problem is not caused by the railways but by those traveling in the railways Because of the passenger. Spitting after eating gutkha in the railways has not stopped even today. Due to this, Railways has to spend so much money just to remove the stains of Gutkha. More than you can even imagine. Let’s know the complete news.
Expenditure is more than 1200 crores
You cannot board the railway after smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol. But you can definitely climb by eating gutkha or paan. And because of this, you will find many such passengers in the railways. Those who roam around with gutka or paan in their mouth and spit it wherever they feel like. These passengers go away after completing their journey. But the gutkha they spit. Its stains remain on that train, that railway station. The responsibility of cleaning it falls on Indian Railways. The data was given in Indian Railways for the year 2021. Which was quite surprising. According to the figures, Railways spent around Rs 1200 crore to remove gutkha stains on stations and trains.
Spending also on advertisement of Gutka Na Thuka
Another one where Indian Railways spends crores to clean the gutka spit by passengers. So to tell them that spitting after eating gutkha is wrong. Also gives advertisements for it. You must have seen these advertisements outside railway stations and on trains. Railways also spend crores of rupees on these.