Officials auctioned off rusted railway tracks, iron materials, old sleepers, and other metal items. They also sold 23 useless locomotives, 62 coaches, 70 wagons, and about 46.85 metric tonnes of e-waste. Workers cleared 4,884 metric tonnes of scrap during the Swachhata Hi Seva 2026 campaign from September 17 to October 2, adding another Rs 44.24 crore. Central Railway successfully sold 29,993 metric tonnes of rail scrap, over 1.72 lakh old sleepers, 15,547 metric tonnes of ferrous scrap, and 1,999 metric tonnes of non-ferrous scrap in these six months. This massive sale cleared thousands of acres of valuable land across yards and depots.
