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VASCO
Gone are the days when a railway station was always imagined as a premise with packed crowd, dirt and spit marks at different corners. With changing time and innovative thinking, an entire Vasco railway station has been changing it’s look and gearing up for the upcoming tourist season.
The Vasco railway station walls are already being painted with great arts depicting traditional Goan culture.
While the works of painting have just begun a few days back and is not yet completed, it has already begun winning hearts of residents of Vasco and passengers alike. The external walls of the Vasco railway station are being painted with scenes depicting Goan culture while the windows have been given a beautiful floral designs.
Though the move has already won the appreciation of people, railway officials are tight lipped about divulging further details.
Sources however informed that the move was primarily made to gear up for the upcoming tourism season and paintings would display important tourist attractions, heritage sites, temples churches, history and culture of Goa.
Sources revealed that the entire station was likely to be transformed with artistic paintings and only part of external walls, waiting rooms and ticket windows have been painted. Sources also revealed that the Vasco railway station which had won many awards for being the cleanest railway station also planning to promote cleanliness through these paintings while welcoming passengers with a pleasant experience.
“Sometimes the remote corners and walls are used by people to spit, dump garbage or urinate. However when such beautiful paintings are displayed, usually people refrain from spitting Paan or Gutkha on walls,” said a source.
