ACCESSIBLE ELECTIONS

TSLA - GENERAL ELECTIONS 2018

D. RONALD ROSE. IAS.,

MAHABUBNAGAR , TELANGANA

PwDs in the District

A.Constituency Visually

Impaired

(VH)

Hearing

Handicapped

(HH)

Orthopedic

Handicapped

(OH)

Other

Disability

Total

73-Narayanpet 469 334 1057 687 2547

74- Mahabubnagar 372 283 1885 1329 3869

75- Jadcherla 687 455 2053 1250 4445

76-Devarkadra 452 794 2110 525 3881

77- Makthal 880 461 2586 202 4129

TOTAL 2860 2327 9691 3993 18871

PwD Electors voting in this Election 2018

No of PWDs as per SADAREM more

than 18 years

25376

No of PWDs in electoral roll 18871

The difference in SADAREM data and electoral roll can be attributed to

• Migrations,

• death,

• shift of vote to other constituencies out of district,

• Double entry deletions

Enrollment of PwD & First time voters

Name of the constituency PwD first time voters

73- Narayanpet 110

74- Mahabubnagar 138

75- Jadcherla 177

76- Deverkadra 55

77-Makthal 158

Total 638

Total no of PwD s enrolled during

September-October, 2018 is

PwD Electors –PS wise numbers

No of PS having Less than 10 PwDs 473

No of PS having 10-20 PwDs 547

No of PS having 20-30 PwDs 225

No of PS having 30 & above 67

Special Provisions to PwDs

Special Q’ lines will be arranged

Dedicated Help desk at P.S where more than 30 PwDs

Ramps, railings & wheel chairs availability

Signages made available

Parking spaces & Shade will be available

NSS Volunteers and AWH to assist them

Braille compliant material available for V I

Visually challenged voters will be allowed to

accompany with an individual till voting compartment

RAMPS

Sno. Details No of ramps

Total no of Polling Stations in the

district

1312

1 No of Ramps already available in

PS & minor repairs completed

678

2 Total No. of newly Constructed

Ramps

408

3 Total No of PS with one ramp

serving two PS –side by side

101

5 Total No of PS that doesn’t

required ramps

125

TOTAL PS in the district covered 1312/ 1312

Scale adopted for arrangement of

Wheelchairs

Wheel chairs arrangement for the 1312 Polling Stations is

done on the basis of :

Where 1-2 PSs – 1 Wheel Chair

Where 3-4 PSs – 2 Wheel Chairs

Where 5-6 PSs – 3 Wheel Chairs

Above that PS – 4 Wheel Chairs

WHEEL CHAIRS

Sno Source No.of wheel chairs

No of wheel chairs required 872

1. No of wheel chairs available with DWO

217

2. No of Wheel chairs supplied by TVCC (Telangana

Vikalangula Cooperative Corporation)

90

3 No of wheel chairs arranged from health

department

65

4. No of wheel chairs newly procured by DEO

500

Total number of wheel chairs arranged 872

TRANSPORTATION FACILITY &

VOLUNTEERS ENROLLED

Name of the

Constituency

No of

Polling

stations

No of

Polling

Locations

No of

PwDs

No of

Wheel

Chairs

required

No of

required

Volunteer

s

No of

required

transport

vehicles

73-Narayanpet 275 160 2547 190 190 198

74-Mahabubnagar 263 131 3869 157 157 127

75-Jadcherla 243 149 4445 173 173 206

76-Deverkadra 268 163 3881 180 180 163

77-Makthal 275 160 4129 190 190 198

Total 1312 748 18871 872 872 928

TRANSPORTATION FACILITY &

ENROLLEMENT OF VOLUNTEERS

Free transportation will be provided to the PWDs

from their respective houses to the polling booths

510 NSS volunteers , 362 AWH are also assigned

to help PWDs

No of vehicles using for

transportation

928

No of volunteers deputed to

push the wheel chairs

872

ADVOCACY AND AWARENESS

1. 1312 BAGs teams are allotted at all polling booths . The team comprises of AWT, ASHA, VOA, Vidya Volunteers etc

2. BAGs are trained on PwD facilitation.

3. MVS s are being activated.

4. Awareness programs were conducted in 28 Mandals for PWDs through BAGS (Booth Level Awareness Groups) .

5. Braille compliant pamphlets on ‘how to vote’ are being distributed to visually impaired voters.

6. 22000 Pamplets were distributed to all PwD voters

7. Along with District committee on PwDs with DWO as chairman, nodal officers appointed to look after PwD facilities at RO and Mandal level.

ADVOCACY AND AWARENESS

Virtual reality tour of polling stations is shown to PwD voters with hearing impairment, HH and OH for creating awareness on facilities provided

SMS blast is done to all identified PwD voters

Voice message to VH

Text message for HH

Publicity material circulated through print and electronic media (Newspaper, whatsapp, Theaters, Local cable channels

On 3rd December 2018 –International Disable Day will be celebrated involving all the PwDs with focus on PwD Voting

ADVOCACY & AWARENESS- collection of PwD data

and Door to Door Awareness by BAGS teams

PwD Friendly Toilets

Toilets have been

renovated at

polling booths .

Signage's will be

visible on doors

Volunteers will assist

PwDs to toilets

SIGN LANGUAGE

All ROs, AROs, Nodal officers , sectoral officers, POs

have been trained on sign language

1312 BAGS have been trained by IED teachers on

sign language to assist PWDs

EPIC Cards : Braille Compliant

EPIC cards in Braille to be

distributed to all Visually

Impaired voters

2860 are the total

number of visually

impaired voters in

Mahabubnagar

Braille Ballet papers will

be provided to them .

PWDs Exclusive Polling Stations

S.No Name of Assembly constituency Nodal polling station

1. 73-Narayanpet ZPHS, Girls High School ,

Market road,

Narayanpet mandal

2. 74-Mahabubnagar ZPHS Salonipally ,

Hanwada Madal

3. 74-Jadcherla MPPS Kaveriammapeta,

Jadcherla Mandal

4. 76-Devarakadra UPS Amistapur, Boothpur

Mandal

5. 77-Makthal ZPHS, Boys High School,

Makthal Mandal