Three lsquosafersquo selfie points to come up at railway station

Pune | Thursday | 17th January, 2019

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The spots and the exact design will be decided in a few days,” the official said.The idea of selfie points has been finalised in a bid to discourage people from clicking selfies at ‘dangerous’ places in and around the railway station. We need to make sure that the points don’t obstruct crowd movement,” the official said. Some of the stations that the railways have suggested include Lonavla, Mumbai, Nagpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Jaipur, Delhi and Mysore, among others.“One of the points will come up near the statue of Mahatma Gandhi. People can stand in front of the three points and click pictures. In November 2017, a 22-year-old youth suffered 70% burns while taking a selfie on top of a goods train at Khadki station.Senior rail officials said that Nagpur division has already started work in this respect..