In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment B L Verma mentioned Rs 564.50 crore had been launched to states and Union territories for retrofitting 1,835 authorities buildings to make them accessible.
“As accessibility is an ongoing and steady course of, the Division is actively pursuing with the involved stakeholders for reaching common accessibility,” he mentioned.
The Ministry of Railways reported vital progress, together with the set up of ramps at 5,639 stations, accessible parking at 2,525 stations and accessible bathrooms at 4,829 stations, he mentioned.
Wheelchairs are actually accessible at greater than 5,854 stations. To help visually impaired passengers, prepare stations have been outfitted with tactile paths, Coach Steerage Techniques (947 stations), Prepare Indication Boards (1,143 stations), and Public Handle Techniques (6,133 stations), he added.
The Ministry of Highway Transport and Highways mentioned that 51,041 of the 1.45 lakh buses operated by 61 state transport undertakings throughout 24 states and Union territories have been made accessible. Of those, 25,216 are intercity coaches and 25,825 are intracity buses. Moreover, 75 per cent of bus stations (2,521 out of three,363) have undergone accessibility retrofitting. The Ministry of Electronics and Data Know-how mentioned that 145 web sites, together with 123 Central and 4 state authorities web sites, have been licensed accessible below the STQC (Standardisation Testing and High quality Certification) as per Tips for Indian Authorities Web sites tips.
An additional 676 State and UT authorities web sites have been made accessible, and over 3,000 web sites have been onboarded to the S3WaaS (Safe, Scalable & Sugamya Web site as a Service) platform.
The federal government can be distributing assistive units below the ‘Help to Individuals with Disabilities for Buy/Becoming of Aids and Home equipment (ADIP)' scheme.
These embody synthetic limbs, listening to aids, sensible canes, smartphones and motorised tricycles for eligible individuals with disabilities, together with school-going youngsters below the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, the minister mentioned.
