Soon,vehicle to ferry elderly,disabled at CST

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus would soon get small vehicles like golf carts to ferry senior citizens and physically-challenged from one end of the platform to other at its long-distance trains section.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) would soon get small vehicles like golf carts to ferry senior citizens and physically-challenged from one end of the platform to other at its long-distance trains section.

This was revealed by Derek OBrien,head of the four-member Passenger Service Committee,which was in the city to check the passenger amenities on the suburban railway.

The project called Seva Vahan was also confirmed by Moolchand Chauhan,divisional railway manager of Central Railway (Mumbai division). As of now,only one Seva Vahan would be commissioned before March 31. This would only take senior citzens and physically-challenged, said a railway officer.

The Jan-Aahar outlet,the Union Rail Minister’s pet project,would also soon come up at the Mumbai Central Terminus. Commuters can now have inexpensive but hygienic food at stations, said OBrien.

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