The Center announced in the Lok Sabha that the elderly, pregnant and disabled people in the railway will be given priority in lower berths.

Indian Railways: Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav recently announced in the Lok Sabha that Indian Railways will provide lower berths for senior citizens, women, pregnant women and disabled. In which senior citizens, women passengers aged 45 years or older, pregnant women and disabled the following berths will be allocated automatically, even if no special preference is stated during booking.

Reservation quota will be implemented for differently abled in all trains

In each coach in the sleeper category, six to seven low berths, four to five lower berths in each coach in AC three tier and three to four lower berths in each coach in AC two -tier will be allocated through dedicated quota for senior citizens, pregnant women and disabled. Similarly, from now on, reservation quota for Divyang will be implemented in all trains like Rajdhani and Shatabdi. For which four berths in the sleeper category, two berths in 3AC/3E and four seats in 2AC/CC will be allotted.