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.

दृष्टिहीन मतदाताओं के लिए ब्रेल लिपि में मतपत्र बनाने काम शुरू हो गया है। पहले चरण में पांच राज्यों की 138 लोकसभा सीटों के लिए 14 हजार बैलेट पेपर तैयार किए जा रहे हैं। यह डमी बैलेट पेपर ईवीएम मशीन के साथ दृष्टिहीन मतदाताओं के लिए लगेंगे।  देहरादून स्थित राष्ट्रीय दृष्टिबाधित संस्थान(एनआईवीएच) में इन दिनों ब्रेल लिपि के बैलेट पेपर बनाने का काम चल रहा है। उत्तराखंड के साथ ही यूपी, हरियाणा, बिहार और हिमाचल प्रदेश के 139 लोकसभा क्षेत्रों के लिए इन मतपत्रों को तैयार किया जा रहा है।  एनआईवीएच निदेशक नचिकेता राउत का कहना है कि जिन लोकसभा क्षेत्रों से ब्रेल लिपि मतपत्रों की मांग आई थी, उन्हें तैयार