Transport facility available for people with disabilities to reach polling booth

Persons with Disabilities tin avail transport installation to workout their franchise successful the forthcoming elections to the Legislative Assembly.

In a property merchandise connected March 20, District Election Officer and Collector V. Mohanachandran has said that the the Election Commission had formulated a elaborate program and a acceptable of facilities for the Persons with Disabilities (PwD) to workout their franchise successful the forthcoming elections.

The Election Commission has rolled retired “Saksham”, a mobile exertion done which the Persons with Disabilities tin use for Elector Photo Identity Card document, spot a petition for “pick up and drop” installation to commute to the polling booth and avail a wheelchair astatine the polling station. A “voice and assistance” installation for visually impaired and “text-to-speech” for proceeding impaired volition beryllium extended to the PwD voters.

While ramp facilities beryllium astatine astir each the polling stations, electors accusation slips successful Braille volition beryllium distributed to the visually impaired voters.

Further, PwD voters with supra 40% disablement origin tin avail postal ballot installation and successful lawsuit if they similar to workout their franchise astatine the polling booths an adjunct having completed 18 years of property volition beryllium allowed to travel them to the voting enclosure astatine the polling station. Volunteers to assistance PwD electors volition beryllium posted astatine the polling stations, the merchandise added.