South Central Railways to digital platform to promote Tourism

Hyderabad, Jan 21: The South Central Railway, in a first of its kind initiative in Indian Railways, has associated with Kalamkari artist Niranjan for promoting local tourist attractions near Dharmavaram and Anantapur stations in Guntakal division, by using digital technology.

"The mechanism is to depict a picture of tourist locations along with a QR code at vantage locations on the premises of the two railway stations. All that a passenger who alights or visits Dharmavaram and Anantapur Railway Stations has to do is to scan the QR barcode present on the picture of the tourism spot, which will take them to a page giving a brief description of the location and the available train connectivity," said a release from SCR.

In addition, a 3-D virtual tour of the tourist attractions is also available for the tourists.

The two railway stations have also been beautified with Kalamkari paintings to present aesthetically pleasing ambiance.