Chennai: Twenty-two international airports including Chennai will soon be audited to check if they are friendly for people with disabilities (PwDs). In a first of its kind exercise, the Centre will conduct an access audit at international airport terminals to study the barriers that make travel inconvenient for the differently-abled.
The department of empowerment of people with disabilities, functioning under the Union ministry of social justice and empowerment, has invited bids from empanelled access auditors for the project. This is part of the Centre's flagship 'Accessible India' campaign aimed at achieving universal accessibility for the differently abled. "The access audit would commence soon.
It is meant to identify the gaps and fix them,"Awanish K Awashthi, joint secretary, department of empowerement of persons with disabilities, told TOI. Airports in Coimbatore and Trichy also figure on the list of international terminals in Tamil Nadu that would be covered under the initiative. According to sources, access auditors would evaluate the airports for different parameters, including width of doorways, ramps, tactile flooring, adaptation of toilets for wheel-chair users, braille symbols and auditory signals in elevators. As per the strategy paper prepared as part of the Centre's campaign, an airport is considered accessible only if people with disabilities face no barrier in entry and are able to use all facilities, including for boarding and disembarking from flights.
To Read the News in Full 15/07/16 Yogesh Kabirdoss/Times of India
The department of empowerment of people with disabilities, functioning under the Union ministry of social justice and empowerment, has invited bids from empanelled access auditors for the project. This is part of the Centre's flagship 'Accessible India' campaign aimed at achieving universal accessibility for the differently abled. "The access audit would commence soon.
It is meant to identify the gaps and fix them,"Awanish K Awashthi, joint secretary, department of empowerement of persons with disabilities, told TOI. Airports in Coimbatore and Trichy also figure on the list of international terminals in Tamil Nadu that would be covered under the initiative. According to sources, access auditors would evaluate the airports for different parameters, including width of doorways, ramps, tactile flooring, adaptation of toilets for wheel-chair users, braille symbols and auditory signals in elevators. As per the strategy paper prepared as part of the Centre's campaign, an airport is considered accessible only if people with disabilities face no barrier in entry and are able to use all facilities, including for boarding and disembarking from flights.
To Read the News in Full 15/07/16 Yogesh Kabirdoss/Times of India
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