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Section 44*

Establishments in the transport sector shall, within the limits of their economic capacity and development for the benefit of persons with disabilities, take special measures to

• adapt rail compartments, buses, vessels and aircrafts in such a way as to permit easy access to such persons;
• adapt toilets in rail compartments, vessels, aircrafts and waiting rooms in such a way as to permit the wheel chair users to use them conveniently.

Section 45*

The appropriate Governments and the local authorities shall, within the limits of their economic capacity and development, provide for

• installation of auditory signals at red lights in the public roads for the benefit of persons with visual handicap;
• causing curb cuts and slopes to be made in pavements for the easy access of wheel chair users;
• engraving on the surface of the zebra crossing for the blind or for persons with low vision;
• engraving on the edges of railway platforms for the blind or for persons with low vision;
• devising appropriate symbols of disability;
• warning signals at appropriate places.

Section 46*

The appropriate Governments and the local authorities shall, within the limits of their economic capacity and development, provide for

• ramps in public building;
• adaptation of toilets for wheel chair users;
• Braille symbols and auditory signals in elevators or lifts;
• ramps in hospitals, primary health centres and other medical care and rehabilitation institutions.

*(Chapter VIII: Non-Discrimination)

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