This s the right work and realy a work to be done by the government ,here in rajasthan forget about girls hostel,we don't have hostel for the boys.
On 10/26/15, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/hostel-for-visuallyimpaired-women/article7802413.ece > In a first, the Delhi government’s Social Welfare Department is > constructing a hostel for the visually-impaired women in the Capital. > While there are hostel facilities for visually challenged men, there > are no such facilities for women so far. > > The new hostel will be a big relief for the visually challenged women > students who come to Delhi from other parts of the country for studies > and are forced to stay in private accommodation sans any kind of > assistance that a visually impaired person requires. > > Karuna, a visually impaired student who lives on rented accommodation > in Mukherjee Nagar said: “It will be good if the government builds a > hostel for the visually-impaired women because we are forced to live > in rented accommodation where there is no one to assist us if we need > something.” > > The women’s hostel is being constructed on a 3,752 square meter land > in Timarpur and is supposed to be ready within the next two years. > > “We are building a hostel for the visually impaired women students in > college. So far, there is no government hostel for visually impaired > students. Girl students face safety issues in private hostels. This is > the reason why the government felt the need to construct a hostel for > women,” Social Welfare Department Minister Sandeep Kumar told The > Hindu. > > Currently, there are two hostels for visually impaired men in the > Capital including one school cum hostel. The current hostel and school > provides them assistance of care givers who help them in carrying out > their daily chores. > > “There are different categories of visually impaired persons who live > in the hostels here. Some are partially impaired and some are fully > impaired. Those who are fully impaired need assistance to do their > daily chores, our care givers help them with that. Other than that, we > also take care of the medical facilities for the students here,” a > senior official at Sewa Kutir said. > > The students living in school cum hostel do not require transport > facilities since school is situated in the same building. For college > going students, Delhi University has provided a bus facility for those > going to North campus colleges. > > For anything else, they have to manage on their own. The hostel > authorities however do provide transport facilities to those who are > unwell. > > While basic facilities are available in the hostel, students want > things like library, wi-fi and sports facilities in the hostel campus. > > Pintoo Kumar, a visually-impaired student said: “We should be provided > better sports facilities by the hostel authorities. A lot of us here > are athletes and national level champions but there is no support from > the side of hostel authorities in supporting our endeavour. We should > also be given a library and reading facilities. Wi-fi and internet > facilities are also not available here.” > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- Thanks&Regards, Sharad Tripathi Mob.- 09828545636 Jaipur Follow me on- Twitter- Sharad Tripathi (sinceresharad) Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..