(a) Whether the handicapped passengers are facing difficulties at the airports;
(b) If so, whether any policy has been formulated to provide
special facilities to the handicapped passengers;
(c) If so, the details thereof; and
(d) The steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government
in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION ( SHRI PRAFUL PATEL )
(a) No Sir.
(b),(C)&(d) Facilities are provided to handicapped
passengers by Airports Authority of India as per ICAO
recommendations. Facilities provided at Airports inter-alia
include specially designed security check enclosures,
toilets, elevators, a separate ramp and a loading dock on
the air side, free wheel chair availability in Medical
Inspection room, Ramps in terminal and kerb side, allocation
of manned PCO booths, parking slots in the Car parking
areas, ambulifts placed on chargeable basis at Chennai,
Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Guwahati, Coimbatore, Calicut, Jaipur,
Amritsar, Nagpur, Goa, Patna, Bhubaneshwar, Agartala and
Dibrugarh airports.