
After all, the world is theirs too, says Madras High Court while issuing a slew of directions to make public transport accessible to the disabled
The Hindu“After all, the world is theirs too,” the Madras High Court remarked while issuing a slew of directions to the Government of Tamil Nadu, the State Transport Corporations and private bus manufacturers to make public transport accessible to persons with disabilities, the aged, the pregnant women and children. Acting Chief Justice T. Raja and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy lamented that not even a single low-floor bus was plying in any part of the State as on date, despite the Supreme Court as well as the High Court having passed several judgements since 2005 for the procurement of such government buses. ‘Develop apps for passengers’ Since it was reported to the court that the 499 low floor buses would be operated in Chennai, Madurai, Tiruchi and Coimbatore, the judges ordered the development of mobile apps in each of the four cities so that passengers could know about the plying of the buses on a real-time basis, and wait at the bus stops accordingly. The Bench also ordered that the respective municipal corporations must strive to continuously improve the quality of the roads, their maneuvering capacity and should scientifically lay the bumps/speed breakers enabling the smooth running of the low floor buses so that bad roads do not end up being a deterrent in the future.
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