Transport minister Ramalinga Reddy on Monday launched the Dwani Spandana service in KSRTC metropolis buses in Mysuru, a step aimed toward empowering blind passengers to journey independently.
Talking after launching the power, he mentioned, “This expertise allows visually impaired commuters to board buses with out help, utilizing particular audio steering gadgets. Whereas 125 buses in Bengaluru have already been fitted with the system, it has now been launched in 200 metropolis buses in Mysuru. Progressively, the power shall be prolonged to 7,000 KSRTC buses throughout Karnataka.” He additional famous that each one newly procured KSRTC buses shall be geared up with the system on the manufacturing stage itself.
Narasimharaja MLA Tanveer Sait described the initiative as a progressive step in public transport: “It is encouraging that the transport division is leveraging info expertise to assist the visually impaired. Public transport should be accessible to everybody. The arrival of 500 pending electrical buses in Shalthinur also needs to be expedited. DTOs and inspectors should assess public wants and enhance connectivity, together with introducing new routes.”
Anil, a blind passenger, shared his expertise: “With this system, we are able to now board buses with out in search of assist. We’ve been skilled to make use of it. By urgent the speaker button, we are able to choose and board our required bus.”
Balakrishnan, professor at IIT Delhi, the place this ‘on-board’ system was developed, mentioned, “The first goal is to allow public buses with none help. They confronted two challenges: what’s the route variety of the bus, and they should rely upon others; second, they have no idea the place it comes from and the place the door is. They want help to get into the bus. With this system, they needn’t rely upon anyone.”
MLA GT Devegowda and Karnataka Assure Schemes Implementation Authority vice-president Pushpa Amaranath had been current.
