The airports where Ambulifts have been provided include Vijayawada, Kanpur, Port Blair, Jodhpur, Belgaum, Silchar, Jharsuguda, Rajkot and Hubli. The facility will also be available for ‘divyang’ fliers on wheelchairs and passengers on stretchers
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A number of airports have been provided Ambulifts for fliers with disability or reduced mobility to board aircrafts under the government’s Accessible India campaign. This was announced by the Disability Affairs Department, reported PTI. The airports where Ambulifts have been provided include Vijayawada, Kanpur, Port Blair, Jodhpur, Belgaum, Silchar, Jharsuguda, Rajkot and Hubli. The facility will also be available for ‘divyang’ fliers on wheelchairs and passengers on stretchers.
The country’s 35 international airports and 55 of the 69 domestic airports will now be equipped with features that will help ‘divyang’ travellers. Also, 41 airports are fully equipped with aerobridges. Ambulifts are used as a boarding vehicle for disabled passengers, passengers with reduced mobility or disabled air-travellers, or people using wheelchairs or the elderly with mobility issues.
Accessible India Campaign or Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan serves the differently-abled in the country. Although the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 provided a timeline of five years for making all existing public buildings accessible by June 14 this year, till now 585 state buildings and 1,030 central government buildings have been made barrier-free for the disabled
The central advisory board on disability has asked all states/UTs to assess the public buildings by the end of this July that can be made accessible for the disabled under the Accessible India campaign in the “shortest possible time”.
Accessible India Campaign or Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan serves the differently-abled in the country. Although the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 provided a timeline of five years for making all existing public buildings accessible by June 14 this year, till now 585 state buildings and 1,030 central government buildings have been made barrier-free for the disabled.
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