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These machines clean with high pressure of water.The Pune railway station is facing water shortage but the platforms are still looking clean, thanks to the modern cleaning machines that railway has introduced.The machines clean railway tracks and platforms by using less water that helps to save about 70% water. Central Railway’s general manager Subodh Jain, during his last visit to Pune railway station, had announced that seven railway stations, including Pune, have been selected by the Central Railway to make them model stations in terms of cleanliness. After the announcement, the new cleaning machines were introduced a few weeks ago.This machines includes two scrubbers, two dry cleaners and a jet cleaner. The railway officials said, “These machines are turning out to be helpful as they clean the platforms well and  also use less water. They have jet spray installed in them, which clean railway tracks and platforms with high pressure of water due to which less water is required.”“ We are using two scrubbers and dry cleaners on five of the six railway platforms. We cannot use the machines on the sixth platform because it has cement blocks and the machines can operate only on a smooth surface. For cleaning tracks, we have a jet spray attached to a water tank, which is installed to a diesel engine. It travels on railway tracks and cleans them.” YK Singh, public relation officer of Central Railway, Pune division, said, “We also have water recycling plant at the train washing centre in Ghorpadi, which is also saving a lot of water.”