Govt says over 50,000 buses, 1,800 buildings made accessible under Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan

The Union Government said on Wednesday that more than 1,800 public buildings have declined and in 2015 it has increased more than 50,000 buses to meet accessibility standards within the scope of accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan), an flagship program to improve access to disabled people (PWDs) (PWDs).

In a written response to Rajya Sabha, Social Justice and Strengthening State Minister Bl Verma said that 564.50 RS was released to states and union regions to strengthen 1,835 government building to make them accessible.

“Since accessibility is an ongoing and continuous process, the department actively follows the relevant stakeholders to obtain universal accessibility,” he said.
The Ministry of Railways has reported significant progress, including the establishment of ramps at 5,639 stations, accessible parking space at 2,525 stations and accessible toilets at 4,829 stations.

Wheelchairs are now available at more than 5,854 stations. Train stations are equipped with tactile roads, coach guidance systems (947 stations), train indication panels (1.143 stations) and general address systems (6.133 stations) to help visually impaired passengers.

Highway Transport and Highways Ministry, 24 states and union regions of 61 state transportation commitments operated by the 1.45 Lakh bus 51.041, he said. 25.216 of them are city manager and 25,825 internal buses. In addition, 75 percent of the bus stations (2,521 out of 3,363) underwent accessibility strengthening. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technologies said that 145 websites, including 123 Central and four state government websites, are accessible under STQC (Standardization Test and Quality Certificate) according to the Indian government websites.

676 The state and the UT government website have been made accessible and more than 3,000 websites have been prepared for the S3WAAS (Secure, Scalable and Sugamia Website) platform.

The government also distributes auxiliary devices to disabled people for the purchase/plug -in (ADIP) plan ‘AIDS and Devices (ADIP).

These include artificial limbs, hearing aids, smartphones, smartphones and motor -wheeled bikes for disabled people, including children going to school under Samamra Shiksha Abhiyan.