Children and adults, especially those with special needs, are now have a reason to cheer about as the Smart City Bhubaneswar has come up with the first-ever fully-equipped Sensory Park at Saheed Nagar.Located at the Maharishi College road in Ward-30, the park has many exclusive features meant for the special kids so that they would not worry about their safety while spending quality time there with family and friends.The facility, developed with an investment of Rs 93 lakh by the Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) over an area of 0.37 acres, has insulated pathways laid with ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) flooring, playing equipment for physically challenged kids, special open-air gym equipment, ensuring adherence to the Universal Access Guidelines, safety to the users with clean environment and shrubs/tress planted with theme of child-friendly components.“By providing a park with the special features, it woill help the physically-challenged children and their kin during early morning and evening hours. Provision of play equipment and open-air gym will also encourage the special kids and adults to remain fit and smart,” said BSCL CEO Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Though the work for the park had started in 2018, due to some legal issues the progress was delayed. However recently, the overall work was completed.There is also a Braille wall of alphabets, basketball pole, adequate lighting, security room, underground water tank and dustbins.
All the rides and equipment are with safety features in the park and the ground is covered with EPDM flooring or sand to provide the specially-abled kids a safe and beautiful ambience to play and learn. The park will be inaugurated very soon.