City beautiful Chandigarh with its Fourth edition of Expo, The resident of the city thronged not to miss the chance to come across the latest design and technologies in interior designing.
Chandigarh 8 Feb 2020: Expo has become a great learning experience for architecture students from various reputed Universities namely Chitkara university, Lovely Professional University, GCI college Khanna, and Chandigarh University. The seminars taking place at the event are universities are organized by Organiser G S Dhillon and Various Architectural Associations.
“Accessible buildings for Disabled persons is the need of the hour said”, Architect Surinder Bahga.
Kavita Murugkar, Accessibility Expert, Architect& Associate Professor at Dr B N College of Architecture, Pune, is a passionate educator and an active researcher. Kavita is a strong proponent of Universal Design (formerly identified as Barrier-free architecture) and has set up a Research and Training Centre for Universal Design at Bhanuben Nanavati College Of Architecture for promoting people-centric and inclusive design education and practice
while briefing media persons at Expo said With just 3% of India’s buildings accessible, our disabled are at a huge disadvantage.
The Delhi High Court has criticized the sluggish pace at which access audits for the disabled are moving. The targets set as part of the Accessible Indian Campaign are never met
One of the recommendations of the Disabilities Bill, passed in Parliament in 2016, was setting a deadline for the creation of barrier-free access to buildings and transport systems. As part of the Accessible India Campaign, the flagship national program to make public buildings and transport less hostile for the physically challenged, 50% of all of these were to be made fully disabled friendly by July 2018. But more than two years after the launch of the campaign, only 3% of buildings have become accessible, according to the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD).
At the launch of the campaign, 1,707 buildings were identified to be made accessible. Across 57 Indian cities, auditors gave pointers to the State on features needed to make buildings accessible. After the audits, state governments sent proposals to the DEPwD which released funds to retrofit these buildings. According to section 44 of the Persons with Disabilities Act, the norms for retrofitting included the creation of ramps in public buildings, modification of toilets for wheelchair users and installation of Braille symbols in elevators. But progress has been slow.
Kavita added,”We are working on the speedy transformation of existing public transport and buildings to make disabled friendly, we have also curated special syllabus for architectural students “.
City beautiful Chandigarh with its Fourth edition. The resident of the city thronged not to miss the chance to come across the latest design and technologies in interior design.
The 4 days Intex Expo 2020 in Chandigarh is showcasing some attractive decorative items for your home. From all the latest furnishing designs to the modular kitchen, Garden, Intex Expo 2020 exhibiting it all under one roof that will enhance the looks of your home sweet home in Chandigarh.