New Delhi, July 13 -- The Railway Board has sought a detailed response from all the zones to address observations made by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its report highlighting several sanitation lapses, including dirty toilets, manipulation in passenger feedback and lack of financial discipline among others. A report titled "Sanitation in Long Distance Trains in Indian Railways" for the period from 2018-19 to 2022-23 was tabled in the parliament on August 20, 2025, which made several observations on poor sanitation practices in trains while expressing dissatisfaction with railway's response on various points.
The CAG sought detailed evidence and statistics from the Railway Board to substantiate several claims made b...