{"id":629320,"date":"2024-01-19T10:28:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T04:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=629320"},"modified":"2024-01-19T12:30:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T07:00:35","slug":"indian-railways-inclusive-move-597-railway-stations-are-now-disabled-friendly-with-lifts-escalators-under-accessible-india-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/indian-railways-inclusive-move-597-railway-stations-are-now-disabled-friendly-with-lifts-escalators-under-accessible-india-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Railways\u2019 inclusive move! 597 railway stations are now disabled-friendly with lifts, escalators under \u2018Accessible India Campaign\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Railways has announced a significant milestone in its commitment to accessibility, stating that 597 railway stations across the country are now equipped with either lifts or escalators. This initiative is aligned with the government\u2019s \u2018Sugamya Bharat Mission\u2019 or \u2018Accessible India Campaign,\u2019 with a focus on facilitating easy movement for the elderly, sick, and differently-abled individuals. <\/p>\n<p>The ministry emphasized that the continuous improvement of amenities, particularly for differently-abled persons, is an ongoing process at railway stations. The presence of lifts and escalators not only ensures smooth passenger movement between platforms but also enhances overall passenger safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Railways has announced a significant milestone in its commitment to accessibility, stating that 597 railway stations across the country are now equipped with either lifts or escalators. This initiative is aligned with the government\u2019s \u2018Sugamya Bharat Mission\u2019 or \u2018Accessible India Campaign,\u2019 with a focus on facilitating easy movement for the elderly, sick, and differently-abled individuals. The ministry emphasized that the continuous improvement of amenities, particularly for differently-abled persons, is an ongoing process at railway stations. The presence of lifts and escalators not only ensures smooth passenger movement between platforms but also enhances overall passenger safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,264,138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-629320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-railways-the-financial-express","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}