Hamara Station, Hamari Shaan: Mumbai’s Train Stations are getting a makeover

Hamara Station, Hamari Shaan: Mumbai's Train Stations are getting a makeover

If you believed that you were the only one who thought that the railway stations in Mumbai – dull, dirty and paan-stained – could do with a massive makeover, well, you weren’t. Thirty-six stations across both Western and Central lines, will be cleaned and painted with murals and artwork in the city’s biggest ever beautification volunteer driven initiative, called Hamara Station Hamari Shaan, in October this year.

Two NGOs, ‘Making A Difference’ and ‘Mumbai First’ in collaboration with the city’s railways, and volunteers, from school kids to working professionals, will decorate ticket windows, stairs, overhead bridges and other areas of the stations. The artwork at each station will represent cultural symbols, heritage places, and places of interest in that particular locality. The designs for the 36 stations will be selected via competitions held in various art and architecture colleges across Mumbai, spearheaded by Manisha Rangnekar, a Worli-based architect.

In the past, the group has been lauded for transforming the Borivali or Khar stations with creativity and some paint. Now, rainbow-coloured stairs, paintings of wild animals and artistic designs decorate ticket counters, and railings in bright shades of colours greet commuters, making these stations bright and lively areas.

Source: DNA India

To participate in HSHS, you can register by following the instructions on the Mumbai First site. You can choose to volunteer to paint or adopt a station (which means that you’ll be in charge of everything, from the expenses to the volunteers of that particular station), and then it’s full steam ahead!

Featured image source: Mid-Day

Words by Pavi Sagar

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