Pictures of Vande Bharat Express having loads of trash scattered on the floor have emerged on the internet on Saturday. The photos showed empty bottles, used food containers, and plastic bags scattered inside the train.
However, the exact route of this train isn't known yet.
Picture posted by IAS officer on Twitter, other users reacted
Awanish Sharan, an IAS officer posted the picture on his Twitter handle on Saturday morning. Showing a mess of garbage on the floor of the train and a man with a broom in the picture, Sharan captioned the post as “We The People.”
Soon his post received a lot of comments from other Twitter users. Most of them criticising Indians for lack of sense of cleanliness. Some also said that we don't deserve the high-end facilities we demand.
'We, the people of India, don't deserve a smart facility like Vande Bharat Express,' a user commented.
Another user said, 'It shows lack of patriotism and education."
'This is India, people here have decided not to change for anything,' commented a user.
A user said, "We keep asking for better facilities and good infrastructure but people in our country don't know how to keep it clean and take care of it."
Railways' appealed to travellers to maintain cleanliness
Earlier this month, the railways had appealed to passengers to maintain cleanliness inside trains after trash was found lying inside the Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat express. The railways said that when the train reached Visakhapatnam, the coaches were very dirty even as the onboard housekeeping staff cleaned it regularly.
“Cleanliness is the act of keeping yourself and your surroundings clean. Citizens are too responsible for keeping their premises clean and it is our property,” Divisional Railway Manager Anup Satpathy, Waltair Division, told ANI.
“The attitude and mindset needed to be changed. Our motto of Swachch Rail-Swachch Bharat cannot be fulfilled with such comportment. Cooperate with Railways to serve you better. Don't be bitter. Stop the litter," he added.
