Lok Sabha Question No. 986 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-08
Subject: Battery Operated Cars for Disabled
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.986

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2017

## BATTERY OPERATED CARS FOR DISABLED †986. SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  start  battery  operated car  service  either  by  NGO  or  by  Railways  at  all  major  railway stations  of  Uttar  Pradesh  so  as  to  facilitate  the  movement  of handicapped, sick and old passengers at cheaper rates;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  total  number  of  railway  stations  at  which  this facility will be made available in a planned manner?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)  to  (c):  Zonal  Railways  have  been  authorized  to  introduce  Battery Operated  Cars  (BOCs)  at  major  railway  stations  of  various  States including  Uttar  Pradesh  for  disabled,  elderly  and  ailing  passengers  on 'first  come  first  served'  basis  through  sponsorship  from  individuals, NGOs,  Trusts,  Charitable  institutions,  Corporates  and  PSUs/Corporate Houses  under  their  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  free  of  charge  to passenger or to the Railway. Further, instructions have also been issued to  Zonal  Railways  to  invite  Expression  of  Interest  for  providing  the facility of Battery Operated Car service on payment basis initially at 75 major  stations  which  fall  in  A-1  category  of  stations.  78  BOCs  have already  been  provided  at  56  major  railway  stations  (including  36  A-1 category stations) over Indian Railways. Further, instructions have been issued to zonal railways to provide the said facility at 39 remaining A-1 category stations, details of which are appended.

APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) To (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  986  BY  SHRI  AJAY  MISRA  TENI  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN LOK SABHA ON 08.02.2017 REGARDING BATTERY-OPERATED CAR FOR DISABLED

(a) to (c): The details of 56 stations (A1, A & B category) where Battery operated car service is available are as under:

Agra Cantt., Bengaluru City, Bengaluru Cantt., Bhatapara, Bhubaneswar, Bilaspur, Chennai Central, Chennai Egmore, Coimbatore Jn., CST Mumbai,  Darbhanga  Jn.,  Dhanbad,  Dongargarh,  Durg,  Ernakulam,  Gaya Jn., Ghazipur City, Gondia, Gorakhpur, Gulbarga, Gwalior, H. Nizamuddin, Howrah,  Jabalpur,  Jhansi,  Jodhpur,  Kota,  Kozhikode,  Lucknow  (NR), Lucknow Jn., Madurai Jn., Manduadih, Mughalsarai Jn., Muzaffarpur Jn., Mysuru  Jn.,  Nagpur,  New  Delhi,  Patna  Jn.,  Pune,  Raipur,  Raigarh, Rajnandgaon, Rajendranagar, Ranchi, Salem, Sarnath, Sealdah, Shivamogga  Town, Solapur, SSP Nilayam, Surat, Tiruchchirappalli, Thiruvananthapuram Central, Varansi City, Visakhapatnam and Yesvantpur.

The details of remaining 39 'A-1' category railway stations are as under:

Ahmedabad,  Ajmer,  Allahabad,  Ambala  Cantt.,  Amritsar,  Anand  Vihar Terminal,  Bandra  Terminus,  Bareilly,  Bhagalpur,  Bhopal,  Chandigarh, Chhapra Jn., Dadar, Dehradun, Delhi Jn., Guwahati, Haridwar, Hyderabad,  Jaipur,  Jammu  Tawi,  Kacheguda,  Kalyan,  Kanpur  Central, Kharagpur, Lokmanya Tilak (T), Ludhiana, Mathura Jn., Mumbai Central main, New Jalpaiguri, Puri, Rajkot, Secunderabad Jn., Tatanagar, Thane, Thrisur, Tirupati,  Vadodara, Varanasi Jn. and Vijayawada.

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