During commuting by short-distance trains like Deccan Queen (Pune-Mumbai), Panchavati Express (Mumbai-Manmad), we always observe that large number of people including highly educated people throwing cups, wrappers (plastic / paper) and plastic bottles outside the train. Unknowingly their act leads to waste creation at railway tracks. The daily frequency of short distance trains from Pune / Nasik to Mumbai results in generating a lot of garbage near tracks. The problem is more severe in case of long distance trains.

The waste accumulated at stations is cleaned by railway staff but question about waste accumulated in natural areas / forest patches remains unnoticed. This waste goes on accumulating and eventually leads to pollution of natural areas, chocking up of river tracks, drains affecting the ecology of area, also changing natural habits of wild animals like monkeys.

It seems that there is great need of awareness in people about such issues to conserve our precious Environment. We can simply avoid this by disposing wrappers /bottles / cups in platform dustbin or can keep it beneath the seat, so that it can be cleaned by railway staff.

What more can be done in an effective manner to avoid such kind of pollution?