Ludhiana: With summer having established in unhygienic conditions in the train station are still a major concern for frequent travelers, fearing an outbreak of disease. Railway authorities are already facing a shortage of 'safai Karamcharis' to maintain cleanliness in all seven platforms of the station.
He complains Paramjeet Singh, a businessman of BRS Nagar, who travels frequently by Shatabdi to Delhi: .. "There is no proper sanitation and cleaning system at the station is a storehouse of diseases Every time I go to the station, which mostly cover my face with a handkerchief, so I'm not surprised any infection due to the conditions there unhygienic ".
Add Jasmeet Kaur, a housewife Sarabha Nagar: "The train station is perhaps one of the dirtiest places in the city No hygiene at the station, with people even pee in the entry All platforms are not properly ... Even the track where trains run are full of dirt and not cleaned properly. It is, therefore, a perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes and flies that cause disease. In the interests of health passengers, authorities should maintain cleanliness at the station from where trains thousands of residents every day. "
Priyanka, a student of Model Town, he adds. "Recently, when I went to the railway station to catch the train to Delhi, caught viral fever because of the lack of housekeeping, platforms and track should be washed with disinfectant, but it is unfortunate that not being done and people's health is being put at risk. "
City station superintendent RK Sharma attributed the lack of cleanliness at the station to the shortage of 'safai Karamcharis'. "We have only 25 'safai Karamcharis' against the requirement of about 100. Have to clean seven platforms and the main complex," says RK Sharma.
Doctors say that many diseases spread due to unsanitary conditions in public places. "The diseases that can occur due to poor hygiene are malaria, viral fever, diarrhea, vomiting and nausea," says Dr. Harmeet Singh Saluja, a gastroenterologist at SPS Apollo Hospital.