Continuous quality monitoring drives yield exceptional 100% bacteriological safety compliance across stations and colonies.
• General Manager, Shri Sandeep Mathur leads from the front, personally reviewing water quality directly with passengers and railway colony residents during field inspections.
• All four Divisional Railway Managers prioritize continuous testing and immediate corrective actions to deliver the highest standards of passenger amenities.
In its commitment to passenger well-being, public health, and staff welfare, South Coast Railway (SCoR) is undertaking extensive, multi-tier measures to supply 100% safe and hygienic drinking water across all railway stations, service establishments, and residential colonies. Zonal administration has intensified daily quality surveillance and continuous attention to drinking water standards across the Zone.
The Medical Department along with the Health and Environment Wings of South Coast Railway, engineering department, under the guidance of General Manager Shri Sandeep Mathur, have instituted robust, around-the-clock testing drives in line with Railway Board directives. Simultaneously, the Divisional Railway Managers (DRMs) across all four divisions of the zone are personally monitoring these quality assurance drives at the field level.
The latest comprehensive testing drive conducted across the zone between August 18 and September 24, 2026, showcases the stellar success of these sustained efforts:
Intensified testing was executed across 195 railway stations. All the 12,790 residual chlorine samples tested to safeguard against contamination, were verified completely fit. Further, comprehensive bacteriological testing across 195 stations yielded a perfect 100% bacteriological safety record across all evaluated samples (1,051 out of 1,051 conclusive tests), reaffirming that water supplied at passenger stations is biologically pure and safe for direct consumption. Chemical testing at stations also remains under close surveillance, with real-time corrective coordination established with divisional engineering teams to maintain optimal mineral balance.
Equal priority is accorded to the railway employees, where comprehensive water quality surveillance was systematically carried out across railway colonies, railway hospitals, health units, training institutes, schools, and major administrative offices, including DRMs and Chief Workshop Manager establishments. Residual chlorine testing across 68 colonies recorded a flawless 100% fit rate. Similarly, bacteriological assessments covering 29 colonies and medical units achieved a decisive 100% pass record, verifying absolute safety.
To ensure clean drinking water to rail passenger and staff , South Coast Railway General Manager, Shri Sandeep Mathur, used to check water quality during his routine field visits. During his inspections across the zone at stations and in railway localities, the General Manager personally interacts directly with passengers on station platforms and railway staff families residing in colonies to have first-hand feedback regarding the quality of the water supplied and other amenities.
South Coast Railway will be on mission mode always, so that clean drinking water is available at all stations, colonies and railway establishments.
Chief Public Relations Officer,
South Coast Railway- Visakhapatnam
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