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The Andhra Pradesh authorities has announced a large payment inaugural for the differently-abled persons nether the ‘Divyang Shakti’ scheme, arsenic portion of which escaped question volition beryllium provided successful the APSRTC buses crossed the State.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu volition motorboat the strategy successful Amaravati connected Wednesday, portion the MLAs volition motorboat the strategy successful their respective constituencies.
As portion of the scheme, each persons with 40% oregon much disablement volition beryllium eligible for escaped question successful APSRTC services, including metropolis ordinary, metro express, Palle Velugu, Ultra-Palle Velugu, and explicit buses. The escaped question facilities volition beryllium disposable successful 7,264 buses, covering astir 73 per cent of the APSRTC fleet.
The strategy besides provides a 50 per cent fare concession to radical accompanying differently-abled passengers, importantly easing question for those requiring assistance.
Previously constricted to conscionable 4 categories, the strategy volition present screen 21 categories of disabilities, including carnal and intelligence disabilities, autism, neurological disorders, Parkinson’s disease, thalassemia, haemophilia, and sickle compartment disease.
With this expansion, the fig of beneficiaries is acceptable to emergence from astir 2.05 lakh to 12.76 lakh, including some differently-abled individuals and their attendants.
The authorities volition carnivore an yearly fiscal load of ₹207 crore to instrumentality the scheme. Officials said the inaugural aims to heighten mobility, accessibility, and societal inclusion for differently-abled persons.
Digital passes
Digital passes with QR codes volition beryllium issued done the Mana Mitra WhatsApp Governance level and APSRTC mobile app, eliminating the request for carnal certificates. Services volition besides beryllium disposable astatine 134 APSRTC autobus presumption counters crossed the State.
The ‘Divyang Shakti’ strategy builds connected the occurrence of the ‘Stree Shakti’ initiative, launched past twelvemonth to supply escaped autobus question for women, which has recorded implicit 52 crore trips wrong 7 months.
The authorities expressed assurance that the caller strategy would empower the differently-abled persons by improving their entree to education, employment, and indispensable services, said a merchandise connected Tuesday.
