VADODARA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that all new government infrastructure being created in the country will be disabled friendly. He was speaking at the Samajik Adhikarita Shivir to distribute aid and appliances to disabled persons at the Navlakhi ground in the city. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Goverment-infrastructure-to-be-disabled-friendly-now/articleshow/55007792.cms Modi said that the country had been knowingly or unknowingly indifferent to the needs of the disabled.
He said that in government buildings, the arrangements for the disabled were the same as those for fit persons. He said that all new infrastructure being created by the government now will be disabled friendly. Recommended By Colombia PM said that his experience suggested that nobody had a problem in making arrangements for the disabled. "I am told that nobody so far drew the attention on this earlier," he said, adding that even the architecture colleges should know about these needs. If a people's movement was created for the disabled whom he referred to as 'divyangs' everything would fall in place, he added. From 1992 to 2014, only 56 programmes were held to distribute aid to the disabled. "Since 2014, 4,500 such programmes have been held and aid has been distributed directly to 5.5lakh persons," Modi said. Modi pointed out that when he inquired about vacancies on posts meant for disabled in the union government, it had come to light that 16,500 posts were vacant. "I asked these to be filled up and today, 14,500 posts have been filled," he said. Modi had begun his speech in Hindi while addressing the dignitaries on the dais, but switched over to Gujarati amidst loud cheers. -- 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..
