The problem of illegal encroachments is severe in north campus of DU. The footpaths have a tactile line, but its not streight and smooth.
On 6/5/14, Shiv <[email protected]> wrote: > Source: > http://m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/36077668.cms > > '57 traffic lights blind-friendly' > Jun 5, 2014, 04.26AM IST TNN > > > NEW DELHI: The city police informed the Delhi high court that they have > installed 57 auditory devices at traffic signals in the capital for safety > of visually impaired people. > > In his reply, filed before a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice > Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, deputy commissioner of traffic police also informed that > 35 more locations have been identified for providing auditory signals. > > "... Traffic police has provided 857 traffic signals and 401 traffic > blinkers all over Delhi for ensuring smooth flow of traffic and safety of > pedestrians and other road users. A total of 57 traffic signals have been > provided with auditory devices for the safety of visually handicapped > persons. In addition, 35 locations have also been identified for providing > auditory signals," the reply filed through Rupinder Kumar, deputy > commissioner of traffic police, said. > > "Besides... on roads where there is continuous flow of traffic, 22 pelican > traffic signals and 36 pedestrian traffic signals are functional which have > the facility to provide adequate time in the signal cycle to pedestrians for > safely crossing the roads. Additionally, 96 signals with pedestrian aspects > have been installed and it is envisaged to provide pedestrian aspects on > nearly all the signals," the official said. > > The police's reply came after the court in March had issued notice to the > Delhi government and civic agencies on a plea seeking direction to provide > parking space to the physically challenged near the entrances of public > buildings in line with the Master Plan Delhi 2021. The bench had also asked > the traffic police, police commissioner and DDA to file responses. > > The DCP also said that regular action is taken by traffic police to remove > illegal parking. He added that the traffic police prosecuted 7,10,025 people > in 2013 and 2,96,232 in 2014 till April 30. The official also stated that > action is also being taken against second-hand car dealers, who are causing > encroachment on the roads of the capital. > > The official said that the department had launched a special drive on May 6 > in coordination with the civic agencies for removal of encroachment "on > specially identified 11 vital corridors in the NCT of Delhi, in which 567 > encroachments have been removed, action has been taken against 180 vendors, > 159 vehicles have been towed away, 1047 vehicles have been challaned and 145 > notices for obstructive parking have been issued. The drive shall continue > on a regular basis". > > A PIL filed by social worker Vinod Kumar Bansal, through advocates Anupam > Srivastava and Sitab Ali Chaudhary, had 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 people. The plea further > sought directions to make pavements wheelchair-friendly. > > Regards, > > Shiv > > > 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.. > -- Avichal bhatnagar 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..
