NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday issued a notice to the city government and civic agencies on a plea seeking direction to provide parking space to the physically challenged near the entrances of public buildings.
Acting Chief Justice B D Ahmed and Justice Sidharth Mridul asked the Delhi government, the civic bodies, traffic police, the police commissioner and DDA to file responses by May 26. A PIL filed by Vinod Kumar Bansal, a social worker through advocates Anupam Srivastava and Sitab Ali Chaudhary, said parking spaces should be provided to the physically challenged in line with the Master Plan Delhi 2021. The plea sought the court's direction to the Delhi government and civic agencies to install auditory signals at red lights on public roads for physically handicapped. The plea further sought directions to make pavements wheelchair-friendly. "Footpaths, pavements and public roads are laid only for the purpose for passing through by the pedestrians / vehicles and are also meant for passage only and for no other purpose or business but the shopkeepers are misusing the footpaths, pavements and to some extent roads in Delhi," the PIL said. It points out that footpaths and pavements are constructed for free and safe passage for and by the pedestrians. However, authorities have ignored their duty to regulate, "maintain and control the free flow of traffic and of the general public at large...." -- vivekananda Ph-9868954833, skype: vivekkavya, FB: vivek doddamani. 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. 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..
