Punjab to make all govt buildings disabled-friendly in Chandigarh, some districts

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To assist the people with disabilities to access government buildings with ease, Punjab Government has decided to make nine state government buildings in Chandigarh “disabled friendly”. Already, 193 buildings in the districts of Amritsar, Jalandhar, Phagwara, Moga, Pathankot, Hoshiarpur, Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Bathinda, and Mohali are in the process of making disabled-friendly. “Rs 50 crore will be spent on this work,” said the state Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Dr Baljit Kaur, adding that provision of lifts, ramps, toilets, railings etc will be made in these buildings.

 

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