Braille Ballot papers will be used to help the blind vote in the state.
HYDERABAD: For the visually-impaired, voting has always been a harrowing experience. Many of them have, for a long time now, complained that polling booths are not user-friendly. Even at polling stations with Braille ballot papers, issues are many. Some of them have asked the Election Commission to resolve their issues this election. They will find out on Thursday, the day they cast their votes, whether these requests have in fact worked.

At a film screening of the climb, members of the expedition say the experience opened up their minds

There were 13 people on screen, summiting Mount Kilimanjaro, at an altitude of 5,895 metres. There were nearly a 100 people in the hall, cheering them on, clapping each time they surmounted an obstacle, shedding a tear at their struggles, rejoicing in their bonding.

Nagpur: The Gadchiroli district administration, keeping  Maoist threats aside, has created special provisions for  around 2,196 challenged voters, including 351 visually  impaired. This is following the directives of the Election  Commission of India (ECI), which has also created a mobile  phone app for ‘PWD’ (person with disability), to help them  seek benefits through it. In Maharashtra, around 2.24 lakh voters with various challenges are on the electoral list. 

Now, the blind especially students and employees need not to ask anyone about the route number of any bus arriving at the bus stops as the Delhi Transport Department is planning to install digital audio announcements facilities at the ‘bus queue shelters’ across the Capital alike the metro station. The announcing facilities that will be fitted in both the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses and bus stops will tell the information related to the arrival of upcoming buses such as route number, name and time of arrival and departure.