The Persons With Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act mandates that all staircases in public buildings should be supplemented by ramps (or elevators) so that users of wheel-chairs have the same access as able-bodied persons.
The vast majority of public buildings violate this law by not providing ramps/lifts. Even the few buildings which provide ramps design them in such a mindless way that they are totally useless. An example is the ramp leading to the Railway Booking Counter on the first floor in the KHB Complex in Kuvempunagar . The ramp is so steep that no one but a superman can negotiate it. "Obeying the letter of the law but not the spirit" can not have a better example.