Archive · 31 Oct 2025
Central Railway Celebrates Swachhata Pakhwada 2025
Central Railway is having a special two-week event called 'Swachhata Pakhwada' to make everything super clean.
This is part of a bigger effort called Special Campaign 5.0.
They are cleaning up train stations, trains, offices, and even homes where railway workers live.
The boss, Vijay Kumar, started it by honoring Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri.
They even decorated trains with pictures of Gandhi and clean slogans.
There were fun activities like art shows made from trash and plays about being clean.
They also gave out flyers to remind people to keep things tidy.
The goal is to make all railway places spotless and well-managed.
Central Railway organized 'Swachhata Pakhwada-2025' from October 1-15, 2025, as part of Special Campaign 5.0.
The drive focused on improving cleanliness across stations, trains, offices, colonies, workshops, and hospitals.
General Manager Vijay Kumar inaugurated the campaign with homage to Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri.
Activities included inspections of decorated trains, a 'Waste to Art' exhibition, street plays, and distribution of cleanliness pledges to commuters.
The campaign emphasized e-waste disposal, space management, workplace beautification, and revenue generation through scrap disposal.
- Who
- Central Railway and its employees, with participation from commuters and artists
- What
- Observed 'Swachhata Pakhwada-2025', a fortnight-long cleanliness drive under Special Campaign 5.0, including inspections, exhibitions, and public engagement activities.
- When
- October 1, 2025 to October 15, 2025
- Where
- Across Central Railway's network, including stations, trains, offices, colonies, workshops, and hospitals.
- Why
- To ensure visible improvement in cleanliness, promote waste management, enhance space utilization, and institutionalize cleanliness habits and modern management standards.
Campaign Focus
Specific Activities
Primary Goal
Campaign Focus
The main objective is comprehensive cleanliness and improvement across all railway facilities.
Specific Activities
Specific actions like decorating trains, holding art exhibitions, and performing street plays are used to achieve this goal.
Engagement Strategy
Campaign Focus
Broad engagement through general cleanliness drives and inspections.
Specific Activities
Targeted engagement through distribution of pamphlets and interactive events like selfie points and exhibitions.
- Campaign Name
- Swachhata Pakhwada 2025
- Parent Campaign
- Special Campaign 5.0
- Dates
- October 1, 2025 - October 15, 2025
- Organiser
- Central Railway
- Key Official Present
- Vijay Kumar, General Manager, Central Railway
- Focus Areas
- Cleanliness, e-waste disposal, space management, revenue generation
Sources
Central Railway Conducts ‘Swachhata Pakhwada-2025’ Under Special Campaign 5.0 To Promote Cleanliness, Green Practices And E-Waste Management
Western Railway Observes Vigilance Awareness Week 2025
Nadda reviews progress of Special Campaign 5.0 on govt’s cleanliness commitment
Jal Shakti Ministry achieves 100% target in site cleaning
