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Diff-abled rights group urges Chennai Metro Rail to hold access audit...
In this regard, DRA wrote to the Managing Director of CMRL, highlighting that the eight stations were omitted in the access audit twice in 2020 and...
Tiny tots' trauma in therapy
Mental health experts urge parents of children with learning and/or intellectual disabilities to do their homework before sending their wards to...
Kilambakkam bus terminus: Access report flags issues
A DRA release said that the inauguration will be further postponed as the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) should retrofit the...
World Cerebral Palsy Day: PwDs expect WFH conditions to be extended
For the last six months, professionals in the city have been working from home as per the shutdown restrictions. For people with cerebral palsy in the...
Accessibility a moot point at Central Square, all Metro stations, says...
As the deadline nears for government buildings to be disabled-friendly by June 2022, the Disability Rights Alliance (DRA) lament that even the newly...
Finish retrofitting works before Dec 3: PwDs to CMRL
Ensuring the Metro stations are inclusive for everyone, including the Persons with Disability (PwDs), the Madras High Court in June 2022 allotted six...
Retrofitted ticket counter kept unused at Chennai Metro station
Meanwhile, a member of Disability Rights Alliance (DRA) pointed out that retrofitting works at metro stations has not even completed 30 per cent.
PwDs unsatisfied with reworked ramp at Egmore Metro station
The CMRL has laid a new ramp at the parking lot for wheelchair users and also removed the rope for easy movement. But, PwDs wondered why the original...
