Shock as Indian Railways’ permanent way is paved with rubbish
Since UK rail privatisation began in 1994, Rail magazine’s Stop and Examine column had a long-running strand known as BB&W (or the Bin Bag and Weedkiller strand in its longhand form). It named and shamed parts of the UK’s rail network dogged by trackside refuse. For instance: overgrowing foliage, abandoned wagons or substandard tracks with poorly maintained fishplates.