NEW DELHI: Keeping “divyangs” (persons with disabilities) comfort in a mind, Indian Railways (IR) will make 3,000 special bogies by 2018 for persons with disabilities to make their travel comfortable and hassle-free.

These bogies will have various facilities to ensure the differently abled passengers or “divyangs” have smooth train travel, said Kamlesh Pandey, chief commissioner for persons with disabilities (CCPD) in Union ministry of social justice & empowerment.

Addressing a press conference here, he said the special bogies will be interlinked, will have more seats, space and signage to locate them. Pandey is here for a review meeting of welfare schemes launched for “divyangs” in Nagpur district.

This initiative has been taken to make rail travel more convenient for divyangs, he added.

Pandey informed that around 180 government buildings in Mumbai, Pune, Nashik and Nagpur will be made accessible to divyangs with various facilities like ramps, lifts and disable -friendly sound system. The project has been sent to the central government for approval, he said.

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