Accessible public transport has been a long-pending demand from disability activists across the country. Our repeated efforts have resulted in some progress but there’s still a long way to go for affordable public transport to be inclusive. In the case of Chennai, the long struggle to ensure the procurement of low-floor, accessible buses has been an issue that has reflected the treatment of those with disabilities in the public sphere. Experience with inaccessible buses in Chennai My own experience attempting to use buses in Chennai as a person with disabilities has been harrowing. I had a fall out of a…
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