Tourists can now peek inside Pune s historic Yerwada jail
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Pune : , Jan 23 (IANS) Marking a new chapter for tourists, the Maharashtra government will throw open important prisons in the state for jail tourism , starting this Republic Day on January 26 with the historic 150-year-old Yerwada Central Jail in Pune.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will inaugurate the initiative on Republic Day in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and other top officials, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh announced on Saturday. This is the first phase of jail tourism Later, it will be extended to other prisons like Nagpur, Nashik, Thane, Ratnagiri, etc. A small fee of Rs 5 for school students, Rs 10 for collegians and Rs 50 for general tourists shall be levied, Deshmukh said.
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The State government will open to visitors jails which once held freedom fighters
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Tales of the past: The prison tourism project will be inaugurated at the Yerawada Jail in Pune on Republic Day.
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The State government will open to visitors jails which once held freedom fighters
The Maharashtra government is set to launch “jail tourism” under which historically significant jails in Maharashtra, which are still being used as penal centres, will be opened to visitors to see the barracks where freedom fighters were imprisoned by the British.
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