A video shared on X showing passengers on the Kolkata to Sairang Express carrying their own trash bags to collect waste during the journey has prompted a wave of appreciation online, with many pointing to it as an example the rest of the country would do well to follow.
The clip shows the interior of a sleeper coach with no litter visible on the floor, a sight uncommon enough on Indian trains to stop people mid-scroll.
What the video shows
According to the person who recorded and posted the clip, most of the passengers in the coach were from Mizoram. Rather than leaving food wrappers, bottles, or packaging on the seat or the floor, they had brought small plastic bags from home to collect their own waste during the journey.
One woman in the video is seen carefully disposing of waste into a white plastic bag she had carried with her onto the train.
The coach, by the time the video was filmed, had no visible mess despite being mid-journey.
Watch the video here:
