The railway’s ongoing drinking‑water quality monitoring programme tested each sample for residual chlorine, bacteriological parameters and chemical parameters to ensure the water supplied to passengers and railway staff meets safety standards, according to an official release.
All 249 samples examined for residual chlorine were declared fit, and the release noted that no results remain pending in this category.
For bacteriological analysis, 18 samples were taken from the railway’s water‑supply system; 11 were found fit while results for the remaining seven samples are still awaited.
Chemical analysis involved 32 samples, of which 30 were judged fit and two results are pending.
In the Hubballi division, 143 residual‑chlorine samples were tested and all were fit; the division also submitted ten bacteriological and 30 chemical samples, each reported as fit.
The Bengaluru division tested 72 residual‑chlorine samples, all of which passed, along with a single bacteriological sample that was also declared fit.
Mysuru division’s testing covered 34 residual‑chlorine samples, all fit, while results for seven bacteriological and two chemical samples are still pending.
SWR said health inspectors conduct daily checks of residual chlorine levels at stations and colonies, and the Engineering Department carries out regular chlorination of water‑supply installations.
The railway zone added that any sample found unsatisfactory would trigger immediate corrective measures such as cleaning, re‑chlorination and system rectification, followed by retesting.