The Mysuru Railway station has become the first one to unveil and facilitate train schedules and tactile maps of the railway station in Braille for the sake of visually impaired train passengers.

Pratap Simha, Mysuru MP, has inaugurated the facility. After inauguration Divisional Railway Manager Rajkumar Lal said spoke to reporters saying that Mysuru railway station has become the country's first visually challenged friendly station in India.

The tactile maps of station describe the location and distance of platforms, entrance, washrooms, counters etc. Schedule of trains display their arrival and departure time. Also, 400 metal signages have been put up in Braille by the authorities besides the railings of the staircases, which lead to various platforms easily.

According to a Railway official, the menu cards at food plaza and the canteen at the station would also be available in Braille now. An NGO, Anuprayaas assited the railways in making the Mysuru railway station blind-friendly.

- Sumana