Railways Anti Littering Rules - Inputs

Below are the current anti-littering rules and their administration for Indian Railways. Kindly review them and advise if the any changes should be made in the rules or their implementation.

(Penalties for activities affecting cleanliness at Railway premises) Rules-2012

Under the current Anti Littering rules, no person shall:
(i) throw or deposit litter in any occupied or unoccupied Railway premises or the carriage except in authorised places
(ii) cook, bathe, spit, urinate, defecate, feed animal or birds, repair or wash vehicles, washing utensils or clothes or any other objects or keep any type of storage in any Railway premises except in such facilities or conveniences specifically provided for any of these purposes
(iii) paste or put up any poster or write or draw anything or matter in any compartment or carriage of the Railway or any premises thereof, without any lawful authority
(iv) indulge in defacing Railway property.

Authorised Vendors/hawkers will make necessary arrangement to keep the container or waste basket for collecting litter and proper disposal of its contents.

Whosoever contravenes any of the provisions of these rules or fails to comply with such provisions shall be punished with a fine which shall not exceed five hundred rupees.

The officials authorised to collect fine mentioned in these rules are:

(i) The Station Master or Station Manager;

(ii) An officer not below the rank of ‘Ticket Collector of the Commercial Department or an officer of equivalent rank of the Operating Department and

(iii) Any other official(s) authorised by the Railway Administration for the purpose of implementing these rules more  

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I am fighting corruption sincerely but raiway department managing with money in all levels including railway board vigilance. more  
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Items ii and iii should apply immediately to rly unions.Have they ever been questioned? more  
Tha power should be given to RPF also and a booklet to be provided for collecting the penalties and at the end of the day to be deposited in the station earning. more  
entries to railway premises and plateform shold be restricted .ways to this effect should be sortout more  
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