Eight teams have been set up to clean the township of RCF, Kapurthala.
Kapurthala, September 23, 2014: As per directives received from Railway Board, Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala will launch a special cleanliness campaign aimed at spreading awareness among its employees and their families. The campaign will be launched on 2nd October, which is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti all over India.
The campaign will take off with distribution of hand bills, displaying of banners and posters aiming to educate the employees and their families about the importance of cleanliness. Residents will be encouraged to use the jute bags and the shopkeepers will be counseled for doing away with polythene carry bags. Chief Engineer/RCF will be the overall incharge of cleanliness campaign.
A mega campaign has been planned under which the whole workshop and township premises will be thoroughly cleaned. The debris and other materials scattered over the areas in and around the shops will be sorted out and properly disposed off. Railway Officers and staff will volunteer for this activity.
Eight teams have been set up to clean the township of RCF which encompasses around 4000 quarters, 5 schools, over a dozen parks, cluster parks, Shopping Centre, Hospital, playgrounds, Lake Complex, offices, Administrative Block etc. Debris, dry wood, polythene, plastic waste and other objectionables in the township and eyesores etc., will be removed to make the premises clean.
Here, it is pertinent to mention that RCF has the distinction of being the first ISO-14001 certified Unit of Indian Railways in 1999 and since then it has been continuously sustaining the clean environment. Besides this, it has been conferred with prestigious Environment Management Awards, viz. GreenTech Award and Golden Peacock Award. Also it is the first 5-S Certified Organization over Indian Railways for better work place management.
(Rajat Kumar/Jalandhar)
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