Tourist stages unique protest for cloak room at Maharashtra station, rates city 10/10
An American tourist visiting Maharashtra's Satara turned a complaint over the lack of a cloak room at the railway station into an unusual protest, balancing a bag of clothes on his head and urging authorities to introduce the facility for tourists.
Tony Klor, who goes by the Instagram username Tony Babawala and has 89.1K followers, filmed his experience at Satara Junction and repeatedly questioned passengers and railway staff about why the station did not have a cloak room.
“I'm an American, and I'm visiting every city in India. And I'm here in Satara, and I'm absolutely furious because they do not have a cloak room,” Klor says in the video.
He argued that tourists need a place to leave their luggage so they can explore a city freely. “A cloak room is necessary for every tourist in every city,” he said.
Klor asked people at the station why there was no cloak room. One person told him Satara was a small station and that development work was underway.
“Where am I gonna put my cloak? I need a cloak room. Satara, where you at fam? Let's get a cloak room in Satara,” he said.
He later approached the station master and asked whether the facility could be introduced in the future. The railway official told him that a cloak room was not currently available but said it could be considered in the future.
Klor thanked him and called the official “such a sweetheart”.
He also tried to get passengers to join his protest, celebrating when one person agreed. “Hey, we got another protester!” he said, while insisting that the campaign was “not politics” and was aimed at helping tourism in Satara.‘TOURISM WILL BE ABLE TO FLOURISH’
Klor linked the demand for a cloak room to Satara's tourism potential.
“With a cloak room in Satara, the city's tourism will be able to flourish. Satara is such a beautiful city,” he said, adding that he hoped authorities would build the facility so tourism could continue to grow.
At one point, he also said he would file a complaint with the relevant ministry to press for the facility.
His video then shifted from the railway station to his tour of Satara, where he showcased the city's landscape, historic sites, markets and forts.‘SATARA IS SO BEAUTIFUL’
Klor described Satara as a “hill station metropolis” and praised its lush greenery, strawberries, temples, markets and historic architecture.
He visited Rajwada and a fort, admiring the views and the way the Marathas positioned their forts. “I have never seen a fort built like this. It is truly built differently,” he said. “When the Marathis built something, they built it right,” he added.
Klor also praised Satara's weather and greenery, saying the city was beautiful enough that “everybody needs to visit Satara”.
By the end of his travelogue, he gave the city his strongest endorsement: “This place is truly immaculate. 10 out of 10.”
Meanwhile, railway officials said Satara station is a British-era facility and a proposal for a luggage storage facility has been sent to senior authorities. Station master Ganpat Chavan said the station is also covered under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, under which the new station will have a luggage storage facility.- EndsPublished By: Priyanka KumariPublished On: Sep 13, 2026 22:09 IST
