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Provision of wheelchairs at railway stations

Commercial Circular no. 32/2016
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Circular numberCommercial Circular no. 32/2016
File numberNo. 2006/TGIV/10/WC/103/SCoR
TypeCommercial Circular
Topicamenities
CurrencyHistorical — likely superseded
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Summary

Provision of wheelchairs at railway stations provide adequate number of wheel chairs at all category of stations

Text of the circular

Government of India
Ministry of Railways
Railway Board

No. 2006/TGIV/10/WC/103/SCoR ) New Delhi, Dt: 1§.06.2016

&

General Managers, +
All Zonal Railways.
(Commercial Circular no. 32/2016)...
Sub: Provision of wheelchairs at railway stations.
Ref: Rail Budget Announcement 2016-17. |

Please refer to this office letter no. 2006/TGIV/10/WC/103/SCoR dated
28.03.2006 (CC no. 30/2006) wherein instructions were issued to zonal railways to
provide adequate number of wheel chairs at all category of stations

Hon’ble MR, in Railway Budget 2016, has announced that all efforts will be
_ made to ensure the availability of wheelchairs in sufficient numbers at all A-1
— category stations

Accordingly, the matter has been.examined in Ministry of Railways and Board

(MT) has decided that Zonal Railways may provide one wheelchair per platform and

in case of island platforms one wheelchair per two platforms at al! A-1 and A
_category stations

Zonal Railways may review the availability and re-assess the requirement of
wheel chairs at all A-1 and A category stations. Based on the assessment adequate
number of wheel chairs may be provided at these stations.

General Managers may however reduce/increase the number of wheel chairs |
to be provided at stations based on the passenger traffic handled at the station and |

‘assessed requirement of wheel chairs at the stations.
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