India, March 18 -- Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta has written to lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu pointing at the need to install audible signals at traffic lights to improve accessibility for visually impaired and elderly people in the city.

"I would like to draw your kind attention to an important matter concerning the safety and accessibility of pedestrians in Delhi, particularly those who are visually impaired or elderly...such a measure would also help reduce accidents and make our roads more inclusive for all citizens," Gupta wrote in the letter, dated March 16.

Citing a research conducted by Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences at AIIMS, the Speaker pointed out that "nearly 60 lakh people in Delhi suf...