Widening its sanitation drive, the railways will now carry out a cleanliness survey of tracks on busy routes by an independent organisation and rank its 16 zones based on their performance.<br/><br/>The railways has recently released results of a similar survey of 407 stations, carried out by the Quality Council of India. A senior railway ministry official said, all-out efforts will be made to keep the tracks clean as well as part of the government's ongoing cleanliness campaign.The official said, accumulation of garbage and human waste from open-discharge toilets were damaging the tracks.<br/>'<br/>Consequent to the launch of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on October 2, 2014 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the railways launched 'Swachh Rail, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan'.<br/>'<br/>The railways has also made operational a 'Swachh Rail' portal to showcase cleanliness rankings of various stations and the methodology adopted for rankings. This web portal will also be used to seek passenger feedback on cleanliness. <br/>'<br/>The aim of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is to achieve the vision of a 'Clean India' by October 2, 2019, the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.