Bhubaneswar, Oct 2: The officials of East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Saturday paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his 152^nd birth anniversary.

Principal Heads of the Departments, senior officials and staff of ECoR led by its Additional General Manager Sudhir Kumar paid floral tributes on the photograph of Mahatma Gandhi at ECoR Headquarters at Rail Sadan in Bhubaneswar.

To mark this occasion, East Coast Railway has organized Swachhata Pakhwada from 16th September to 30th September with great enthusiasm and spontaneous participation by all railwaymen in every field.

Railway employees at all levels and departments participated and contributed towards the Swachhta drives organized at railway stations, trains, coach maintenance depots, various offices, workplaces and railway colonies. Railwaymen in remote stations also took part very actively.

Activities like Swachh Sambad, Swachh Station, Swachh Parisar, Swachh Aahar, Swachh Neer, Swachh Prasadhan, Swachh Railgadi etc. were taken up during this fortnight long cleanliness drive. Different competitions were also organized to mark this occasion.

On the day of Gandhi Jayanti, Additional General Manager of East Coast Railway Sudhir Kumar felicitated the participants for their outstanding works and achievements in various competitions.