Ahmedabad: The next time you plan to travel by train with a very ill passenger or a physically challenged person, you can knock on the doors of Gujarat police for help. For, now the Government Railway Police (GRP) chowky, in the city will issue either a stretcher or a wheel chair to help you out.And these efforts are part of the Gujarat police's strategy to not only help railway commuters but also connect with the citizens. A private organisation has donated as many as 25 wheelchairs, 40 stretchers and over a thousand shrouds to the Gujarat Police which has eventually distributed it to all the railway stations from Vapi to Dwarka. "This is an effort to increase the communication between the police and people. It will also help those travelling by train," director general of police, Gujarat state, SS Khandwawala told DNA. Khandwawala further said that the kin of a person who is in need of a stretcher or wheelchair will just have to go to the police chowky and he will be issued the required material. "The person can make use of the stretcher or wheelchair and then return it to the chowky," he said. On why the shrouds will be needed, he said that as of now when someone is killed on the railway track, the various pieces of the body of the deceased are not collected properly. "The police chowkies will be provided the shrouds so that the body of deceased is collected with due respect and no human rights violation takes place," he said. Though the major railway stations of the state have some wheelchairs and stretchers, most of the time they are broken or in a bad condition. The number of such wheelchairs and stretchers is also very less. With the police chowkies now providing the wheelchairs and stretchers, it will ease the burden for those travelling with a patient or a physically challenged person. A formal inauguration of the programme will be held at the Kalupur Railway Station on Saturday, wherein the senior cops of Gujarat police including Khandwawala will remain present.
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