To provide facilities in transport for the disabled at railway stations was the brain child of the Ministry of Social Services and Social Welfare together with the Sri Lanka Railway Department.
N.G. Kamalawathi, a representative of the National Council of Disabled People in Sri Lanka who was present at the occasion expressed her gratitude to the [...]
Douglas Devananda, Minister of Social Services and Social Welfare, at the meeting of the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, said that arrangements need to be provided with a compartment having facilities for persons with disabilities in every passenger train, to rid them of the difficulties experienced by them. He instructed the members of the [...]
Social Services and Social Welfare Minister Douglas Devananda has made arrangements to provide access facilities to railway stations for the use of the disabled, Minister’s Coordinating Secretary Nelson S. Edirisinghe said.
Edirisinghe said as Head of the National Council of the Persons with Disabilities, Devananda has granted Rs. 931,617 to Sri Lanka Railways General Manager to [...]
