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Is Pune rly station a swine flu time bomb?
Updated On: 06 August, 2009 08:04 AM IST | | Kaumudi Gurjar and Shree Lahiri
Even as swine flu cases in the city cross the 100 mark, Pune railway station, which sees 9 lakh footfalls every day, and bus terminus have no screening facilities, while airport screens only international passengers
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Even as swine flu cases in the city cross the 100 mark, Pune railway station, which sees 9 lakh footfalls every day, and bus terminus have no screening facilities, while airport screens only international passengers
Over 75,000 vehicles use the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on an average day. And lakhs of commuters travel between Mumbai and Pune the swine flu capital of India by train every day.
But is anything being done by state health authorities to stop infected passengers from travelling and hence spreading the virus?
Widespread apathy
The answer, worryingly, is no. The extremely crowded Pune railway station and bus stand have no swine flu screening facilities and no domestic passenger is being screened at the airport.
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