Can someone from Hyderabad comment if this is meant for entire city or for the places that Ms. Trump would be visiting? I wonder why people think of something only when some guests visit the city; what is the problem of thinking about citizens who live here all the time.
Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter: http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/ Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://serveominclusion.com Let's create an inclusive web! Lead Accessibility Consultant, Informatica On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 3:36 PM, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > Sunil Mungara reports in the TOI today. > HYDERABAD: Less than three weeks before the Global Entrepreneurship > Summit 2017 (GES) kicks off in the city , the civic authorities are > busy dressing up > the city in every possible way for the foreign dignitaries that are > slated to troop into the city by the end of the month...One such > spruce-up exercise > has the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) laying > `tactile' pavements along some roads to make them friendly for the > visually impaired. These > 'tactile' pavements have block tiles and bars in the middle and on the > sides to serve as indicators to make it easy for the visually impaired > to detect > them with the help of a walking stick or their feet... > 61570222/Master > .."We have selected certain stretches for these special pavements. At > NFCL Junction, > the existing pavement was dug up for laying cables and we had to lay a > new one, so we opted for tactiles, which can assist those who cannot > see," GHMC > chief engineer, (ma intenance), Mohammad Ziauddin, told TOI...It may > be pertinent to point out that Donald Trump's daughter and advisor > Ivanka Trump, who > will be heading the US delegation to the GES2017 at HICC, will travel > through Nagarjuna Junction...These tactile pavements will not only aid > the visually > impaired but will also help those with normal sight to walk easily > without hurdles."At the end of the pavement, > separate tactile > tiles will be laid, signalling the end of the pavement portion. It > can be detected easily," he said...So far, tactile pavements are being > used only in > bus stations, railway stations and airports in the city. "We are doing > it for the first time on city roads and its being constructed on both > sides," he > said...Though the cost of tactile tiles is similar to the ones that > were in use earlier, there is only one unit at Patanche ru > manufacturing them in the > city. "We have purchased them from this unit for the pavements," he said. > ..The GHMC CE clarified that the civic body is not constructing new > tactile pavements, but is just laying them in places where old ones > have been dismantled > for various purposes...Authorities are mulling constructing tactile > pavements in other parts of the city in a phased manner, the > GHMC official > added.. > https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/dressing-up-for-ivanka- > tactile-pavements-for-visually-impaired/articleshow/61570210.cms > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > The list has now migrated to www.accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in > > You should now post to the id: [email protected] > > > > > 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. 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.. > The list has now migrated to www.accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in You should now post to the id: [email protected] 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. 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..
