Visakhaptnam:Indian News Times: South Coast Railway (SCoR) continues its sustained efforts to guarantee the supply of safe, clean, and potable drinking water to passengers, rail users, and railway residents across all four divisions of the zone. As part of an ongoing safety and health initiative, the Medical Department of South Coast Railway conducted an extensive weekly water quality testing drive from October 2, 2026, to October 8, 2026.
Tests were conducted at railway stations, residential colonies, railway hospitals, health units, training institutes, schools, DRM offices, and workshop offices. At railway stations, a total of 2,419 drinking water samples tested across 78 stations for residual chlorine achieved a 100% fit rate.
In bacteriological testing across 71 stations, 187 out of 200 samples analyzed were declared fit (with results awaited for 13 samples and zero unfit samples). Furthermore, out of 16 chemical test samples collected across 16 stations, 5 have been declared fit, while the remaining 11 results are currently awaited.
In railway colonies and administrative and healthcare units, all 754 samples tested across 35 locations for residual chlorine passed with a 100% fit rate. Similarly, 66 samples across 29 locations tested for bacteriological parameters and 2 samples across 2 locations tested for chemical standards met all safety parameters with complete compliance.
Officers and supervisors are conducting inspections and surprise checks on the ground to ensure strict adherence to Indian Railways Medical Manual norms.
Y Balaji Kiran
Chief Public Relations Officer
South Coast Railway
Visakhapatnam
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