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Going down Pune subways uphill task for disabled
Updated On: 17 July, 2012 06:48 AM IST | | Sukirt D. Gumaste
Despite central law requiring creation of barrier-free environment for physically challenged people at all public infrastructural facilities, MiD DAY finds 5 important subways in Pune remain inaccessible to disabled people for one reason or another, from absence of ramps, handrails and appropriate signage to poor lighting and maintenance
A central government act says a barrier-free environment should be created for physically disabled people at all infrastructure facilities used by the public, but the PMC is ignoring the law by not providing any facilities for the disabled at the foot under bridges, or subways, for pedestrians.

It’s a big struggle: Pedestrian subways in the city are difficult to use for the disabled, the very people who need them the most to cross roads. Pic/Krunal Gosavi
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