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DISABLED-FRIENDLY
BUSES AND RAILWAY STATION
Delhi
government, in the month of July, gave contract to Telco
for manufacturing state-of-the-art buses, which would
be disabled-friendly. There would be provision for
a space to keep wheelchairs. The two hydraulic doors
will be 1.2 meters wide, giving ample space to comfortably
load wheelchairs. In addition, the buses will have
low flooring, roof housed CNG cylinders, air conditioners.
Initially,
Telco will supply ten buses t the transport department,
which would run on a High Capacity System “If the experiment
succeeds, more buses will be procured,” an official
said. RITES would construct dedicated bus lanes, the
estimated cost of constructing each kilometer of bus
lane is Rs. 5 crore including bus stop.
In
another development, Northen Railway is to construct
city’s first disabled-friendly railway station at
Anand Vihar, New Delhi, that will be connected to the
Anand Vihar inter-state bus terminus (ISBT) so that
commuters do not have to take additional transport to
reach the station.
The project of Rs. 83 crore was cleared in the budget and
will begin by the end of this financial year, informed
R R Jaruhar, General Manager, Northern Railway.
Source: The Voice of FOD, Ambilympics, Olympics
of Abilities
Date: July-Dec. 2003
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