Adopting a zero-tolerance approach towards ‘fatka gangs’, the Government Railway Police (GRP) have now put up barbed wires on the poles along the railway tracks at Dombivali to ward off mobile phone snatchers. Putting up barbed wires on poles is one of the many methods being tried out by the GRP to stop anti-social elements from snatching cellphones from commuters standing on the footboard of trains.These barbed wires were put at four different poles in Dombivali which has resulted in incidences of mobilesnatching drastically coming down there. The experiment, though highly successful, received a red signal from railway authorities as they fear the wires could stick out over a period of time and injure commuters and those rail staff working near the tracks.Now, as a more practical solution, GRP has asked railway authorities to first remove the redundant poles. Also, each inspector has been asked to study the topography of his area and come up with a suggestion that will ensure anti-social elements are not able to climb atop these poles.Madhukar Pandey, GRP Commissioner, said. “It is a threepronged solution to ensure there are no incidences of mobile snatching. The first step is to go for infrastructural changes like putting up fencing around the pole and removing the concrete arrangements put close to the pole. We are also deploying staff and educating children in schools and colleges on what not to do while travelling by local