Pune railway station to soon get safe selfie point
There are chances that the selfie point may come up at platform number one in Pune or near the Mahatma Gandhi Statue,” another Pune division official said. Some more points inside the station will be identified soon and turned into selfie points. In Mumbai, the BMC has already set up a selfie point in front of the CSMT (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus).
The Central Railway will set up ‘selfie points’ at some stations, including the Pune junction.“The Indian Railway Station Development Corporation (IRSDC) has been given the task of re-developing 600 stations across the country with the help of private players.
Besides, the Indian Railway will also renovate and develop 70 stations across the country on their own, which will include ‘selfie points’ as well.
We will hold a meeting with the stations’ officials coming under the Pune division this week or next week and a consultant for the project will be finalized,” an official of the Pune rail division told TOI.The official said the 70 stations to be developed across the country include the ones in Pune, Lonavla and Nagpur.“Right now, the selfie point at the Pune station has not been decided.
Many people court danger just for selfies and we want to prevent that.
While trespassing on the railway tracks is a major problem in the Pune division, quite a few accidents happen as people are busy taking selfies with an approaching train.
Source – TOI.