We should try to pursuade al the state and the Railway Ministry to follow
the examiple of Gujrat. Similar facilities for the physically challenged and
very ill people should be available at all railway stations and at all the
district bus stops.
Mittal.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vishnu Ramchandani" <vishnu.ramchand...@mphasis.com>
To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 1:43 PM
Subject: [AI] Wheelchairs rolled out at Ahmedabad railway station
Ahmedabad: The next time you plan to travel by train with a very ill
passenger or a physically challenged person, you can knock on the doors
of Gujarat
police for help.
For, now the Government Railway Police (GRP) chowky, in the city will
issue either a stretcher or a wheel chair to help you out.And these
efforts are part
of the Gujarat police's strategy to not only help railway commuters but
also connect with the citizens.
A private organisation has donated as many as 25 wheelchairs, 40
stretchers and over a thousand shrouds to the Gujarat Police which has
eventually distributed
it to all the railway stations from Vapi to Dwarka.
"This is an effort to increase the communication between the police and
people. It will also help those travelling by train," director general
of police,
Gujarat state, SS Khandwawala told DNA.
Khandwawala further said that the kin of a person who is in need of a
stretcher or wheelchair will just have to go to the police chowky and he
will be issued
the required material.
"The person can make use of the stretcher or wheelchair and then return
it to the chowky," he said.
On why the shrouds will be needed, he said that as of now when someone
is killed on the railway track, the various pieces of the body of the
deceased are
not collected properly.
"The police chowkies will be provided the shrouds so that the body of
deceased is collected with due respect and no human rights violation
takes place,"
he said.
Though the major railway stations of the state have some wheelchairs and
stretchers, most of the time they are broken or in a bad condition. The
number
of such wheelchairs and stretchers is also very less.
With the police chowkies now providing the wheelchairs and stretchers,
it will ease the burden for those travelling with a patient or a
physically challenged
person. A formal inauguration of the programme will be held at the
Kalupur Railway Station on Saturday, wherein the senior cops of Gujarat
police including
Khandwawala will remain present.
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