Patna Junction has been fully developed as a disabled-friendly station of East Central Railway (ECR). The special facilities provided by railways for the disabled passengers at Patna Junction include a separate booking counter, parking lots, waiting halls and toilets. ECR GM A K Mittal is personally monitoring the facilities being provided to disabled persons at all major stations in the zone. ECR CPRO Arvind Kumar Rajak said access ramps have also been provided at Patna Junction for disabled persons to board trains without hassles. Keeping in view the basic requirement of disabled persons who mostly travel alone, railways has already made the "May I help you" booth on platform number 1 at Patna Junction functional round the clock. This facility has also been provided at some other major stations, he said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Patna-Jn-made-disabled-friendly/articleshow/50260766.cms The CPRO said railways has also provided non-slippery walkway and special signage for the physically disabled and visually impaired passengers at Patna Junction. Rajendra Nagar Terminal, Gaya and Mughalsarai have also been developed as disabled-friendly stations. Railways has also introduced special coaches for disabled passengers. ECR has attached several disabled-friendly coaches to mail and express trains to fulfil their needs, he said.
A Railway Board official said the board has issued a directive to convert railway stations falling under categories A1, A and B into disabled-friendly stations. About 1,500 stations have been selected for this purpose at the country level, he said. Railways has also decided to build more access ramps at different stations, including Patna Junction, and reserve parking lots for them in the circulating areas. Low-height water taps are also being provided on platforms for disabled passengers at all major stations under the ECR, sources said. -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
