Battery operated cars for use of disabled at the Egmore railway station
Submitted by sowmya simhan on Wed, 21/05/2008 - 10:07pm.
Tagged: Travelling for the disabled
Physically challenged and aged train passengers at Egmore Railway Station will be offered the services of a battery-operated car for easy navigation within the station.
If you want to avail of this , you have to call 99520-56789 to book in advance. Its a welcome move. If any of you have used this service please post your experience.
Courtesy: The Hindu
This facility is also
This facility is also available in Chennai Central and in other major railway stations across all metros...
This is a step taken in the right direction
Regards,
Prashanth
Battery operated car
Sir,
I red about battery operated cars. Can we run this car on road? Can you send me a scaned photo copy of this car ? Will it be available in Mumbai ?
I am very much interested in this car. So please do the needfull.
My disability is 80%. Both legs polio. wright hand amputed above elbow.
There is A battery operated
There is a battery operated car called Reva which can be used on the road. Please visit www.revaindia.com for further information.I don't know whether the car being used in the railway station can be used on the road.
Regards
sowmya simhan
A step in the right direction
Glad to hear about this new feature at our railway station.
India has a huge population of physically challenged people.
But we have made very less efforts so far to make most common places accessible for them.
Hope people use these in right ways and this becomes available in all other places.
When some one builds a commercial or public building, just like electricity and plumbing it should be made accessible for all the physically challenged people just like United States.
It should become part of building code.
Yes, I saw it in the paper
Yes, I saw it in the paper too. I think a similar service has been available at Central Station for a while now. Once, when I had gone to see off a relative, I found it being used to rush an old lady for medical assistance - she had been on the train, but had suddenly developed some complications. I didn't much like the way she was being transported as she was lying in a rather precarious position, but at least she could be moved quickly.
It's good to see public utilities like the Railways beginning to pay more attention to the needs of the physically challenged and the aged.
Venkatesh
Post new comment