A drive-by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is likely to begin to make Delhi a model accessible city for…
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A drive-by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is likely to begin to make Delhi a model accessible city for the differently-abled.
All stakeholders responsible for evolving a plan for this are being consulted and the first sensitization meeting of stakeholders to make Delhi a model accessible city was held on Monday.
Shakuntala D Gamlin, Secretary, Department of Empowerment of People with Disabilities of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, chaired the first sensitisation meeting of stakeholders to make Delhi a Model Accessible City.
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She said that the Department has taken up the initiative to coordinate the meeting of all key stakeholders, sensitise them about the legal mandates and would hold supervisory role in this journey.
Ms Gamlin said that Delhi being the capital is proposed to be selected for this drive.
An official release said that the rationale for selecting Delhi is that it is assuming increasing eminence among the great cities of the world. “Growing at an unprecedented pace, the city needs to be able to integrate its elegant past as well as the modern developments into an organic whole, which demands a purposeful transformation of the socio-economic, natural and built environment,” it release.
It said that due to daily influx of visitors and representatives from different parts of the country, Delhi is also an example of inclusivity. It says that if a campaign is carried out in the Capital, it will increase the visibility of the campaign and would serve as a replicable model for others to follow.
Identification of important built-spaces, public transport infrastructure, services, recreational areas and tourism sites among others was envisioned in the process of remaking the Capital.
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