VARANASI, July 30, 2013: Despite tall claims made about catering heavy rush of passengers at Cantonment Railway Station in view of first Monday of Shrawan, negligence was prevailing in the station premises on Monday.

While heap of garbage dumped opposite the railway station premises welcomed devotees and Kanwariyas in the city, the situation inside the station premises was no different. The railway tracks were littered with solid waste across length of the platform. The condition near the public convenience also remains the worst. The condition of waiting area behind the food plaza also gives a picturesque of the poor sanitary conditions in the station premises.

Passengers who had assembled in the waiting hall at platform number 5 complained about the unavailability of water in toilets and wash rooms. This led to a state of uncomfortable for many passengers. According to Ranjeet, who looks after the public convenience at platform number one, no extra arrangement for cleanliness was made for washrooms keeping in view the extra rush on Monday.

At the same time, as waiting hall at platform one was not properly cleaned, pilgrims and devotees who had arrived in the city from far-away places had assembled in the main hall and platform number one of the station and preferred sitting on their luggage and mattresses on the floor.

Source: The Times of India, DT. July 30, 2013.