Persons with disabilities want barrier-free access to Alandur Metro station

Persons with disabilities person raised concerns astir the challenges they look portion utilizing Alandur Metro Rail station, and request barrier-free access.

In the signifier I network, Alandur is an important transit presumption wherever corridor 1 and corridor 2 meet, allowing commuters to power betwixt 2 Metro lines.

Since this presumption was built with entry/exit points connected 1 broadside of the GST roadworthy (located successful the absorption of postulation from Guindy to Tambaram), a ft overbridge with escalators and lifts was built a fewer years aft its inauguration.

Sathish Kumar, a wheelchair idiosyncratic said, erstwhile helium travels by a low-floor autobus from Tambaram, helium gets disconnected astatine Alandur, other the presumption entry/exit. Then helium boards the assistance connected the footpath and travels to the station. “While determination is simply a ramp connected the footpath starring to the lift, determination is nary from the roadworthy to the footpath. This means, I indispensable beryllium connected idiosyncratic to assistance maine up on with the wheelchair. This makes it precise hard for a disabled idiosyncratic similar me,” helium said.

Besides, erstwhile helium leaves the presumption entry/exit utilizing the ramp, determination are bollards connected the footpath barring entree to disabled persons. He urged the authorities to marque the presumption accessible from some sides of the GST Road.

M. Selvam, different disabled idiosyncratic who uses battery-operated wheelchair said, connected 2 occasions erstwhile helium came to committee the bid from Alandur presumption from the GST Road, he could not usage the ft overbridge to entree the station. “Without a ramp, I couldn’t get onto the pavement oregon usage the ft overbridge. I had to spell each the mode to the constituent wherever determination was a crossing disposable and past travel backmost to the station. After that, I nary longer spell to the Alandur station. I question betwixt Ashok Nagar and Chennai Central stations alone,” helium said.

According to officials of Chennai Metro Rail Limited, the bollards were placed to forestall the parking of unauthorised vehicles. They said they would instrumentality steps to region the bollards and physique a ramp from the roadworthy to the footpath. “We volition rise the contented with the Greater Chennai Corporation, and guarantee that the obstacles are removed astatine the earliest,” an authoritative said.