New Delhi - Post Report Question and Answers
Would someone with physical disabilities have difficulties living in this city?
Yes Stairs and unevenness that can challenge even the fittest. - Apr 2024
Absolutely. There aren't sidewalks most places and where there were, they rarely had ramps. - Jan 2022
I can't even imagine. It would be a disaster in my opinion. - Sep 2020
Think twice before coming. I honestly don’t know how someone with disabilities could get around at all. Sidewalk ramps are non-existent. Sidewalk and road surfaces are uneven. - Jul 2020
New Delhi is not particularly friendly for people with physical disabilities. The air pollution is a problem. - Jul 2019
The irony of this question is almost too much to bear. This city presents mobility issues for the most hale among us. From squeezing between cards on unpaved lots to access stores, uneven steps, hanging wires, patties of cow faeces, broken pavements, and other obstructions at seemingly every other turn, this city presents a kind of hellish obstacle course for all its participants: willing or otherwise. - Dec 2017
Absolutely. This is not a place for a person with any disability. - Oct 2017
Yes! Few sidewalks, really poor road conditions. Lots of holes and bumps. Few elevators--apartments don't always have elevators go all the way up or you have to take four stairs up to get to the elevator to start with. No handicap parking. - Mar 2017
Yes. General infrastructure is not great. - Feb 2017
Yes, I'd imagine so. - Nov 2016
Someone with physicial difficulties would have a difficult time in India. - Jun 2016
New Delhi is not easy to navigate for people with disabilities. Wheelchair-bound individuals would have a hard time even getting into the Chancery much less around Delhi. - Sep 2014
Yes, there are few sidewalks and ramps and steps that are in good condition. This would be a very unfriendly city to own a wheelchair or be visually impaired due to the many cracks, etc in roads and sidewalks. - Sep 2014
A lot. It's not a new, planned city. It's crumbly and bockety and if you were not sure of foot, or if you were in a wheelchair, or blind and trying to find your way around, you'd have nothing but trouble. - Aug 2013
This is not a wheelchair-accessible city. - May 2013
A lot. Sidewalks are uneven and complex. It would be unsafe in a wheel chair. It would be difficult to live here with a disability that limits one's mobility. - Oct 2012
The ground outside can be very rough, not very good for people with physical difficulties. But all malls are equipped with wheelchair ramps and elevators. - Sep 2012
yes. Stairs dominate this electricity-poor city. Sidewalks are rarely used as such. - Aug 2011
the city is hard for someone with no physical disability to navigate - sidewalks are in disrepair/nonexistant and the weather is ungodly. - Aug 2011
Not great for anyone with physical disabilities, not wheelchair friendly. - Aug 2011
It is not handicap friendly. - Jan 2011
It would be very difficult. We have a friend in a wheel chair who is almost a shut-in thanks to the poor sidewalks and lack of ramps, etc. - Sep 2010
All of them. The city is not prepared for disabled people. - Aug 2010
Delhi would be extremely difficult for disabled people. - Aug 2010
There are not many sidewalks here, and people with physical disabilities would find it hard visiting most of the monuments, as there are usually no ramps. - Aug 2010
There are not many sidewalks here and people with physical disabilities would find it hard at most of the monuments as there are usually no ramps. This is starting to improve though as things are slowly changing as they are getting ready for the Commonwealth games in 2010. - Mar 2008
I would think so. I've seen no special accommodations for the disabled. - Feb 2008
