Maharashtra’s Ballarshah, Chandrapur stations take top spot in railway beautification contest

A total of 62 entries from 11 zonal railway offices were received, which were then reviewed by a committee consisting of the excutive director (station development), chief commercial manager (systems) of South Central Railway, executive director (tourism) and an official from the Northeast Frontier Railway. Last December, the Railways had requested zonal offices to send nominations for stations where beautification had been done with participation of local artists.

The ministry had pointed that beautification work carried out at Madhubani Station under Samastipur division of East Central Railway was a major success. (File)

This competition was an add-on to the ministry’s annual competition on cleanliness. The Railways proposed this competition as an attempt to combine cleanliness with creativity. The Railways had said the aim was to beautify stations across the country with wall art and graffiti conveying messages of social importance.

The ministry had pointed out that beautification work carried out at Madhubani Station under Samastipur division of East Central Railway was a major success. Last year, over 140 artists from Madhubani village decorated over 7,000 sq.ft of station premises with Madhubani paintings, depicting mythological characters of the Ramayana.