http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/du-to-make-toilets-disabled-friendly/ New Delhi | Posted: October 7, 2014 2:30 am
After Delhi University took part in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on the campus, the university has decided to make toilets on campus more disabled-friendly. According to an official at the university's Equal Opportunity Centre, plans to renovate toilets for students with disabilities on campus are under way. "In order to improve the accessibility of the differently-abled students in terms of facilities, the university will renovate the toilets at the various colleges," the official said. He further added that a committee, comprising twenty members, formed by the varsity for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, will monitor the work being done on this project. "The university will also approach the relevant government departments with a request for the construction of accessible footpaths for differently-abled students within college campuses," the official added. Earlier, the university had undertaken a project to ensure that the campus infrastructure be made disabled-friendly. "Ramps and other infrastructural facilities had been created for people with disabilities on campus," the official said. As per DU record, there are nearly 1250 students with disabilities enrolled in the university under various programme -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! 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..
