Railways endeavours to provide free potable water at all Railway Stations. As per extant policy guidelines, water coolers are provided on those Railway Stations which deal with 1000 passengers or more (inward and outward) per day, on the average. The details of water coolers provided at Railway Stations over Indian Railways are given below:-

S.NO.	Zonal Railway	Total no. of stations provided with water coolers	Total no. of water coolers provided
1	Central	152	529
2	Northern	140	479
3	North Central	68	238
4	North Western	177	413
5	Northeast Frontier	18	48
6	East Coast	78	62
7	Eastern	81	81
8	East Central	78	183
9	Southern	112	220
10	South Central	57	155
11	South East Central	70	194
12	South Eastern	25	58
13	South Western	81	143
14	Western	219	523
15	West Central	62	187
Grand Total		1418	3513

 

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