yep that I know I am just stating we have also raised demands to HRD ministry they must come up and also function in this regard.
On 10/26/15, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > Good. However this hostel is being built by the Delhi government > headed by Kejriwal who is often in tussle with the central government. > And the funds for the hostel were allocated in the 2015 budget > presented in the 70 member Delhi state assembly,where AAP has 67 MLAs. > > On 10/26/15, akshun mahajan <[email protected]> wrote: >> We have raised our demands of making hostile for females with visual >> impairment when we met honorable HRD Minister. >> >> On 10/26/15, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/hostel-for-visuallyimpaired-women/article7802413.ece >>> In a first, the Delhi government’s Social Welfare Department is >>> constructing a hostel for the visually-impaired women in the Capital. >>> While there are hostel facilities for visually challenged men, there >>> are no such facilities for women so far. >>> >>> The new hostel will be a big relief for the visually challenged women >>> students who come to Delhi from other parts of the country for studies >>> and are forced to stay in private accommodation sans any kind of >>> assistance that a visually impaired person requires. >>> >>> Karuna, a visually impaired student who lives on rented accommodation >>> in Mukherjee Nagar said: “It will be good if the government builds a >>> hostel for the visually-impaired women because we are forced to live >>> in rented accommodation where there is no one to assist us if we need >>> something.” >>> >>> The women’s hostel is being constructed on a 3,752 square meter land >>> in Timarpur and is supposed to be ready within the next two years. >>> >>> “We are building a hostel for the visually impaired women students in >>> college. So far, there is no government hostel for visually impaired >>> students. Girl students face safety issues in private hostels. This is >>> the reason why the government felt the need to construct a hostel for >>> women,” Social Welfare Department Minister Sandeep Kumar told The >>> Hindu. >>> >>> Currently, there are two hostels for visually impaired men in the >>> Capital including one school cum hostel. The current hostel and school >>> provides them assistance of care givers who help them in carrying out >>> their daily chores. >>> >>> “There are different categories of visually impaired persons who live >>> in the hostels here. Some are partially impaired and some are fully >>> impaired. Those who are fully impaired need assistance to do their >>> daily chores, our care givers help them with that. Other than that, we >>> also take care of the medical facilities for the students here,” a >>> senior official at Sewa Kutir said. >>> >>> The students living in school cum hostel do not require transport >>> facilities since school is situated in the same building. For college >>> going students, Delhi University has provided a bus facility for those >>> going to North campus colleges. >>> >>> For anything else, they have to manage on their own. The hostel >>> authorities however do provide transport facilities to those who are >>> unwell. >>> >>> While basic facilities are available in the hostel, students want >>> things like library, wi-fi and sports facilities in the hostel campus. >>> >>> Pintoo Kumar, a visually-impaired student said: “We should be provided >>> better sports facilities by the hostel authorities. A lot of us here >>> are athletes and national level champions but there is no support from >>> the side of hostel authorities in supporting our endeavour. We should >>> also be given a library and reading facilities. Wi-fi and internet >>> facilities are also not available here.” >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/[email protected]/ >>> >>> To unsubscribe send a message to >>> [email protected] >>> 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. 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