India, March 4 -- The gangmen maintaining the rail tracks have been tasked with an additional responsibility: to keep an eye on long-distance trains on Western Railway (WR). They have been assigned the job of informing the administration if heaps of garbage are found on the railway tracks, based on which action will be taken against the contractors in charge of ensuring cleanliness inside the trains. This decision was taken after a high-level inspection by the WR GM (general manager) inspection in mid-February on the Virar-Surat section.

The GM inspection is an annual event at which various aspects of train operations, track conditions and signals, among other things, are inspected in detail. This time, apart from routine activity like p...