Mysuru India’s first visually impaired-friendly railway station

With a view to facilitating visually impaired train passengers, tactile maps of the railway station and train schedules in Braille were unveiled at the Mysuru railway station on Tuesday . Speaking to reporters after Mysuru MP Pratap Simha inaugurated the facility, Divisional Rail

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Published 3 November 2015, 8:00 · Updated 21:41

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Mysuru India’s first visually impaired-friendly railway station

With a view to facilitating visually impaired train passengers, tactile maps of the railway station and train schedules in Braille were unveiled at the Mysuru railway station on Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters after Mysuru MP Pratap Simha inaugurated the facility, Divisional Railway Manager Rajkumar Lal said Mysuru railway station has become the country's first visually challenged friendly station in India.

Along with tactile maps of stations describing the location and distance of entrance, platforms, counters, washrooms etc, schedule of trains, showing their arrival and departure time, the authorities have also put up 400 metal signages in Braille along the railings of the staircases leading to various platforms.

The menu cards at the canteen and food plaza at the station will also be available in Braille now, a railway official said.
Anuprayaas, an NGO, assisted the railways in making Mysuru railway station blind-friendly.

Caption : A passenger examines the notice board in Braille

Mysuru India’s first visually impaired-friendly railway station

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