Question : FACILITIES FOR HANDICAPPED PASSENGERS AT RAILWAY STATIONS



(a) the number of category ‘A’ railway stations where ramps have been constructed to facilitate the movement of handicapped passengers;

(b) the steps taken by the Railways to equip `B`, `C`, `D` category stations with this facility and the time by which this work is likely to be completed;

(c) the number of category ‘A’ stations having public convenience equipped with facilities for handicapped persons; and

(d) the number of wheel chairs available at a time on each metropolitan railway stations?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF RAILWAYS(KUMARI MAMATA BANERJEE)

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF STARRED QUESTION NO.167 BY KUMARI MEENAKSHI NATARAJAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 5.8.2010 REGARDING FACILITIES FOR HANDICAPPED PASSENGERS AT RAILWAY STATIONS.

(a) to (c) Out of the 342 ‘A-I’ and ‘A’ category stations on Indian railways, standard ramps for providing access to stations have been provided at 338 stations. In addition, ramps at ends of platforms have been provided at 277 of these stations to facilitate inter-platform transfer. Ramps have also been provided at Foot over Bridges at 64 such stations.

Public conveniences in the form of water booths and toilets for handicapped persons have been provided at 322 of ‘A-I’ and ‘A’ category stations.

All ‘B’ category stations have been taken up for provision of ramps by 31.3.2011. Works of provision of ramps at ‘C’ and ‘D’ category stations are planned to be taken up after the work at ‘B’ category stations is completed.

(d) Number of wheel chairs provided at stations serving metropolitan cities is appended.