No. RT-23018/04/20t9-TGovemment of India

Ministry ofRoad Transport and Highways(Transpon Section)

Transport Bhawan, 1, Parliament Street, New Delhi-l10001

296 July, 2019

To,

Managing Directo6 of all State Road Transpon Undertakings

Sub: - Advisory to rchieve trrgeb of Accessible Indis CrEprigD.

MadauL/Sir,

The Accessible India Campaign was launched by Hon'ble Prime Minister on 3'd

December,2Ol5 for creating universal accessibility for persons with Disabilities in allspheres including Built Environment, Transport, and Informatio[ & CommunicationTechnology (ICT) ecosystem. The Campaign is based on the principles ofthe Social Model

ofDisability, which is that disability is caused by the way society is organized, and is not

based on the pe$on's limitations and impaimeDts. It is physical, social, structural and

ettitudhal barrieN thal prevent people with Disabilities (DivyangiaD) from participating

equally in socio-cultural and economic activities. ln this context, a target was set to achieve

accessibility in all the bus stands, and in 25oZ ofthe buses, by 3]st March, 2019.

2. A barrier- free environment facilitales Divyangian in leading an independent and

dignified way of life with full participation in all activities. The Accessible India

Campaign's vision is to build an inclusive society in which equal opportunities are provided

for the gror+th and development of persons with Disabilities (Divyangian) so that they can

lead productive, safe and dignified lives

3. The Rights of pe$ons with Disabilities Act, 2016 mandates accessibility in all

modes ofFansport as well as in public transport bus stops. The Section 4l ofthe fughts ofp€rsons with Disabilities Act, 2016 is reproduced as under for ready reGrence:

"41. (1) The aryopriote Gowrn ent shall tqke suitable measures to provide,- (o)

lacililies for person$ N,ith disabilities at bus stops, tdilway stqtions and airports'conforming

io the accessibility standards relating to Parking Epqces, toilets,

ticketing ciunters and ticketing achines: ft) access to all modes oftansport that

conforfi the design stafidards, includi g renolfiihg old modes of transport,

whLrever rechnically feasible and safe for persons vith disabilities, economically

viable and , tithout entailing mojor structural chdnges in design; (c) accessible

roa& to address mobility necessaryfor persons iith disabilities "

4. A meeting of the Task folce, formed for speedy implementation of targets set for

public transport inder the Accessible lndia Campaign, was held on 24 7 2019 to discuss

issues relaling to retlo-fitment in the on-road old buses'

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5, After detailed deliberations in the said meeting, it was decided that all the STUsmay ellsule implementation ofthe following as part ofthe Accessible India Campaign:

i. All the bus stops ard bus portv terminals should be made firlly accessible.

ii. All the buses op€rated by the STUS/STCs may be made disabled-friendly ina time bound manner.

Sufficient number of wheelchairs for differendy abled passengers may bemade available at all bus ports/ terminals.

Properly visible and marked space be made available at all bus stops, ports/terminals.

Proper signages be fixed at appropriate places indicating seats for differentlyabled.

Adequate handrails and provision ofhuman assisranc€ be made available tothe differently abled passengers.

Audio-visual infonnation systems for visually and heariry impairedpassengen may also be made available in the buses.

Emergency button provision near the seat of the designated disabled s€at

may be made.

Where ramp is not possible, povision may b€ made fo! human assistance

for the differently abled passengeN to facilitate to board the buses.

6. This Minisrry has been communicating with the states regularly to achieve the

targets of Accessible India Campaign. For ready reference the earlier communications

issued to the States are listed below:

i. Letter No RT-l l0l7l07/201l -MVL dated 56 May, 20tl(copy enctosed)

legarding procedure for alteration in Motor vehicles to facilitate the

mobility of physically challenged person.

ii. Letter RT-l l02l/40/2014-Mvl dated 14-06-2016 (copy enclosed),

Ministry detailing the procedure for guidelines for grant of driving lic€nces

& regist ation certificates to differently abled persons.

iii. Advisory dated 26n June, 2018 issued by this Ministry (copy enclosed) for

undertaking various steps to achieve the targets of Accessible India

Campaign.iv. Advisory dated 21.11.201'1 to States/ Uts (copy enclosed) regarding

procedure for providing driving license for persons having monocular

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v. Advisory dated 01.03.2019 to States/ Uts (copy enclosed) regardingAcc€ssible India Campaign taryels.

7. Accordingly, all the SRTUs arc rcquested to ensur€ compliamr of the poitrts

mentioned in para 5 above aod intimate the status thereon to ED, ASRTU for compilationby 01.08.2019, indicating specificatty the steps already taken snd proposed to be takcr inthis regard, along with the time frame.

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1 Yours faithfidlY1t

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\*J^,lPar{sh Kumar Goel;Dire{tor (Transport)

Tele No. 01123351967

Copy to:

I . Secr€tary, D€pattrcnt of Empowerment of Pcrsons wilh Dimbilities2. The Transport Seqetaries of all State Govemmenv Union Territolies3. ED, ASRTU

No. RT-21018/0412019_TGovernment of India

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways(Transport Section)

[Room No. 522, Transport Bhawan, partiament Street, New Delhi_, t0OOl]

Dated: I', March, ZO19

To,

The Transport Secretaries of all State Government/ Union Territories.

Sub: - Advlsory to achleye tarseB of Accessible lndia Campaien.

Madam/Sir,

The Accessibte lndia Campaign was launched by Hon,ble prime Minister on j,.December,20't5 for creating universat accessibility for persons with Disabilities in BuiltEnvironment, Transport, and lnformation & Communication Technology (lCT) ecosystem.The Campaign is based on the principles of the Sociat Alodel ot DisaUitiiy, \ahich proposesthat disabjtity is caused by the way society, is organized, and not based on the person,slimitationt and impairments. The physical, sociar, structurar and attitudinat ba,riersprevent people with Disabitities (Djvyangjan) from participatjng equally in the socio.cultural and economic activities.

2. A barrier- free environment facilitates Divyangjan in equat participation jn aLt theactivities and promotes an iodependent and dignified way of tife. Accessible lndiaCampaign has the vision to build an inclusive society in which equat oppo.tunities areprovided for the growth and devetopment of persons with Disabitities lDivyanglan) so thatthey can lead productive, safe a.td djgnified lives.

3. Recentty in the meeting of Committee of Secreta.ies hetd on Zt,,January 2019 itwas decided that the M/o Road Transport and Highways may ensure that at teast 25ts ofGovernment owned public transport is made fu(y accessible by March ZO19. AIL bus stopsand terminals may arso be made ac(essible in coordination with States/ urs. rn thisregard, Secretaries of MoRIH and DEpwO would also be conducting a iojnt videoconferencing with MD of SRTUs and concerned officiats of States/ UTs for f-o[ow up.4. Accordingly, the State Gova./ UTs are requestecl to undertake the following steprto achieve the targets of Accessible lndia Campaign: _

li 25% of Govt, owned public transport vehicles as we[ as att the privare passengervehicles shoutd be made tulty accessibte by March 2019.

(ii) lmmediate actions to be taken to make all bus stops/ terminals/ports Accessiblefor the use of persons with DisabiUties.

(iii) Exptore feasibitity and take immediate steps for retro-fitment of buses jnctudinginnovative sotutions such as providing wooden or metaltic pfank to provide easyaccess to wheel chaired passengers.

(iv) Facittties for speedy Licensing and registration may be provided to differenttyabted persons.

5. The achievements of targets of A€cessible lndia Campaign made by STUS/ SRll.Jsare enctosed at annexure.

6. This Ministry has been Communicatiog with the states aegutarly to achjeve thetargets of Accessible lndia Campaign. For ready reference these are listed betow:

(i) Letter No RT-ji017/07l2O1.t.MVL dated 5'n May, 20.t1(copy enclosed) regardingprocedure for alteration in Motor Vehicles to facilitate the mobitity of physicallychalleoged person.

(ji) Further vide tetter RT.1 t 02, /40/2014-,\,iVL dated 14_06-2016 (copy enclosed),Ministry had circutated procedure for guidetines for grant of driving ticences &registration certificates to differently abte persons.

(iii) An advisory dated 26th June, 2018 issued by this Mjnistry {copy enclosed) vide whichState Governments/ UTs were advised to undertake various steps to achieve thetargets of Accessibte tndia Campaign.

(iv) Advisory dated 2'1.11.2017 to States/ UTs (copy enctosed) regarding procedure forproviding driving ticense for persons having monocutar visions.

7. This Ministry has also notified BUS BODY CODE: AIS:O5Z vide notification cSR 287(E) dated 22-04.2014, which contains speciat provisions for Oisabled passengers.

8. The Llinistry has from time to time b€en reminding all the State Road TransportUnde.takings {5RTU5) to furnish the status o, accessibte buses. The progress is listed in theAnnexure to this tetter. The progress of the SRTUS of your state ray plurr" be seen andcorrective action may please be taken at the earliest to achieve the targets of 25%.

Encls. As above Yours faithfully

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Joirt Secretary (Iransport)Tele No.21719209

Copy to:1, Secretary, Department of Empowerment of persons with Disabilities2. ED, ASRTU

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(Road iransport DiYision)1, Parliament Street,

Transport Bhawan,New Dethi-'110001.

Dated 5$ May, 2011No. RT-'l 1017/071201 1 -MVL

To

1) The Principal Secretary (Trarupo*) / The Seuetary (traasport) / The

Commissioner (Iransport) of all States / UTs except Govemment of Tamil Naduana Guiarat.

2) The Secretary (Home / Transport), Government oI Tamil Nadu and Gujarat.

SubJect: .Procedure for alteration ln motor vehlcles to facilltate the moblllty ofphyslcally challenged persons.

Sk/Madarh,

This Ministry had received in the past a number of representations fromphysicatty chattenged persons, hightighting the problems being faced by them dueto non-avaltabitity of invatid carriages in the maiket as welt as the poticy ofbannjng atteration in motor vehictes under Sectlon 52 of the i,lotor Vehictes Act,1988. These issues were considered by the,llinistry in the past. ln order to ensurethe mobitity of physicat(y chattenged people, this Mhistry had laid down certalnprocedure.

2. As far as two wheeted vehicLes are concerned, this Ministry had laid down adetaited procedure vide Resotution No. RT&.H-'I'1011/12l01-MVi dated 23'd July,2008 to attow the State Governments to approve such cases. The atteration coutdhowever be done in the manner prescribed by this Ministry and that too only by an

authorized workshop. Laying down such a procadure was necessary to ensure thesafety of physicatty chatlenged persons as wettEs the safety of other road us€rs. lthas been blought to the notlce of this Ministry that there are no such authorizedwork shops in many parts of the country. As such, the physicalty chatlengedpersons are unabte to get their vehiale modified to suit their requirement.

3. ln fact, it is the responsibitity of concerned State GoYernments to identifyand authorize such work shopt for the convenience of Physicatty chal{engedpersons. ln case this is not possible, the States wilt haYe to insPect the vehlcle

before registration and satisfy themsetYes that such modified vehicles are not

safety hazards.

4. As far as four wheelers are concerned, the number of such cases not beilgvery large, the Alinistry has been grantinq exemntion on a case to case basis on thebasis of the recommendations made by the concerned State Govdrnment.Recentty, this Ministry has received a request from Government of Maharashtra toauthorize tbe State Governments to issue the permission for such alteration in thefour whi5ters retrofitted by authorized retrofitter so that detay in issuingpermission could be avoided and the need of physicalty chattenged person coutd beat addressed. lt has also been brought to the notice of this liiriistry that the Retrofitment /Adaptation kit do not modify/change the originatity of the vehicte exceptmere adaptation/convenience whereby a driver does not need to use his ctutch (

in the case of AUTOCLUTCH Kit) or uses his hands to operate the break oracceterator ( in the case of HAND CoNTROL kit). There is no modification made inthe engine or the gearbox. The original pedals are atso not modified or removedand atso none of the parameters entered in the Registration Certificate of thevehicle are affected or changed,

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5. ln view of the above, it is suggested that the concerned authority in thelStatE may inspect the vehicte and in case the alteration do€s not attract theprovisions of Section 52 of the Motor Vehictes Act, 1988, the same need not bereferred to this Ministry.

Yours faithfutty,.

+;l;- -(SaroJ Kumar€ffifJoint Secretary to the Gov-emment of lndia

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Covemment oflndirMi{isiry ofTranspofl & Highwa}s

I. Parliarr!nt -StrecLTlaa{ct.! Bhawa!,New Delhi - I l0 001

t6D8tcdllq Junc.20l6.No. RT-1102U40/20l,LMVI-

ToThe Principal Secretary (l raosport)/ The Secretary (Tnnspo(I TheCornmissioner (TrEnsport)lAddiriooal Chief Secrctary (T.8nspon) of all Stares/[.IIs.

Subjesi: Procedure for gddelioe3 for grrnt ofdriyi[g licetrres &rrd regislntiooc€rfrlicrtB to dilferenfly abted persou

Madamisir

This Ministry refers ro erstwhile MinisEy oi Shipping, Road Transpolr &Highways rcsolution no. RT- l l0l2/lz00l-ivfvI_ dard 23d July,2008 and Minisrry ofRoad Transpon & Highways lctrer number RT-t lOl ?/071201 l-NryL datcd 5u May, 201Ircgardilg procedure ofslteration in urotor vehicles to facilitste the mobility ofphysicsllycballenged polson by thc State Govemments. (copies e0closed)

2. MiDistry bas besn rcceiviog a numbcr of rcprcsentatioos iom differcotly abledporsoDs, ircluding headng impaired citizens, highligttiflg thc ploblcms being faced bythom du€ to oon-availability of invalid cardages in rhe market as weU as reshicriomimposed in slteration in motor vehicles undcr Sertion 52 of thc Motor VeNctcs Act,19E8. Kceping in mind rhe above mentioned rcsolution End circular, and in ordgr toeosurc thc mobility ofdifferently ablcd persolls, ali State Govenj]]lcntvurs are requestedto codsidq the following guidelioes for issue of driving liceoses/registrEtion certificates:_

(i) Driving licences may be issued to the differently ablcd citizens, so long asthc altered vehicles are safe and are at no threat to the vehicle occupant andpublic at larg€. Fu(her. thc registcring authorily in the States may inspectrhe vehicle and rnay register the vehicle lirered according to the ueed oftliediffereotly abled person. They aro fuliy cmpowered to deal with alteraliolsof vchicles for differently abled pcrson a: this would avoid harassment andfscilitate the mobility ofdifferertly abled persoN.

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- 2-(iD With rcgErd 10 issue ol driving ljcncc as per the Hon,ble Delhi High

Coult's Order datcd l4th February,20l I, in W.p (C) 108a9/2009, ticNational Associarion ofthe DeafVs Uol, it is clatificd lt$t an applicdat, isto b,e called I$ the test if he applies !0/ o learrur,s licence iithour thened.ical certiflcate and dhe patses the test as rcquired undet Rule ll, hethall be granred rhe leq/ner's lbence ar that is the statulory requienten.Similarly,,tf a person b:elonging to the sold category satisfies the'necasarycriteriq, he shall be allowed to obtain the /rcerce. Such test would beconduotcd on thc altered vehicle approved in accordsncc with para (i) ifrequircd.

(iii) bparaa of this Minisrry's lener ofeven numbec RT- t r0l3/03/201l-lvfwd8ted 5'' May, 201I as menrioned in pra I of this letter for ,\uhereby

adrivcr does Dot leed to use his clulch (in rhe c8so ofAL]TOCLUTCH Kit)or- uses his hands to operate the break or sccelerator,, O";il;j;;l,substitutcd ,\rhereby

a &iver does oot nrcd to *" f,is clrrcU 1io rt "

cal ofAUTOCLUTCH Kit) or uses his hands or iegs, o. "orrUi*Ul,

oi Hri.U.to opcrate tte biake.oi aaccldatoi,,

(iv) A-differently abled person wjth a licenceto drive an alrered vchicle shall bosllowed to drive an &ltered vehicle of he ,"rn" ,rO" **i.r""i"'.*"country.

3. In view of aboveautlrcrize tha reBpectiyeccrtificates. However, inAutho.ify or the Ministr),.

and for hassle tce proo€ss, StateRTOs for issue of suc* drivingcase of difficulties, the casc lnay

GovemmenEAJTs maylic€dc€s or regishatio[

be referred lo the Shte

Direcror (l[VL)Ph. 0l l-23314316

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Yours fairhfirlly,

No. RT 21018/ 1/2016-T(pt. tXVot. t)Government of lndia

Mini5try cf Road Transport 1nd l{ighwayi(Traospon Section)

Sub.: Advisory to achieve tarqets -ol A!fe5:tDle_t!dt!_E{!pa&!.

The Accessible lndia CamDa)gr was taunched by Hon,bte prime Minister on3'd December,2o15 for creating untversal accessibitity for persons r./ith Disabifitiesin att spheres inctuding inter-atia Education, -transpoG-

inforir"tion Acommunication Technology (lCT) etc. The Campaign ,s UuruO _ ti. p.in.ipf", ofthe. Sociat Modet of Disabitity, which proposes that disability is caused by the waysociety is organized, and not based on the person,s tirnitations and impairments.The physjcat, sociat structural and atttudinal brr;;;;-;;;;; ,""or,u *,n?ilbll'l* (Divyangjan) from participating equitable in socio-cutturar andeconomic activities.

2. ._.A barrier-free enyironment woutd thus facilitate an independent anddignified way of tite for att individuats. The Accessibte rroi" clrp"is;iiu, .,., abuitd an incLusive society in which equat opportunr.ties ur" ,rorijuJ%r'iiu Sro*nand development of persons with otr"uiuti", toi"vurgiu;;. "'"""" '"' '"

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Me€ting of the committee of Secretaries (Cos) was held on 2nd Aprit 2018to review the accessibte tndia camnaign. tt has been i*,aJ-*- iiu rn"L,ng ,r,.,25% of the Govt. owned pubtic Transport is to l";raa frnf".."rriUf" i, U"r.h,2019. Att bus stops and terminats may also be ,.d" fult'1..;;;i;';o; ,"oo*\,{ith disabitities.

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this connection, please atso refer td the Minutes of the meetins hetd inthis Ministry on lOrh Aprit, 2018 with ,t" n"".ip"Li..r"irr"ri ,..r"iij,'rt .**"of alt the States and Union Territories and the step5 to be taken in this direction toachieve the Target.

5. The State Govt./ UTs are adyised to undertake the fotto\ /ing step6 toachieve the targets of Accessible India campajgn: -

(i) 25S of Govt. owned pubtic t.ansport yehictes shoutd be made fullyaccessibte by March 2019.

1]]] Alt bus stops/ terminals/ports should be made Accessibte.tntl l-acitities for speedy Licensing and relistration may be provided todifferently abled persons.

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Dated r(

June, 2018

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E- .ickhaw/E-cart has been created as aunder M.V. Act and is being promoted forrickshaw. The speedy process of ticensing.esutt in creating tjvetihood opportunitiespersons.

6. The aiJove actions may kindty be completed on prjority.

(iv)separate category vehictereplacing manuaI laboredand registratjon would

for differently abted

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W*(Abh'rfDaml€)

Joint Secretary (Transport)

Tete No. 237i9209

The Chief Secretarjes of all State Goyernment/Unjon Territories (,As per List).

Copy to: The Secretary, Department of Empowerment of persons withDisabitities- for information

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