GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF POSTS
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1176
TO BE ANSWERED ON 10TH MARCH, 2017
MAKING
POST OFFICES COMPATIBLE FOR
PHYSICALLY
CHALLENGED PERSONS
1176.
SHRI ANUBHAV MOHANTY:
Will the Minister of
COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:
(a)
whether the Ministry has received
official notification with regard to making post offices compatible for the
physically challenged persons with wheel chair;
(b)
whether despite repeated requests
and reminders, the sub-post office at Yelahanka Old Town, Bengaluru
(Pin-560064) has refused to make its post office compatible for physically
challenged persons with wheel chair; and
(c)
whether the Ministry will take
action against the erring officers and make all buildings under its charge
compatible for the differently-abled persons?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF
COMMUNICATIONS &
MINISTER OF STATE
IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)
(a)
The
Department of Posts has received official notification from the Ministry of
Social Justice and Empowerment regarding provisions for making government
buildings accessible for persons with disabilities within the limits of their
economic capacity and development.
(b)
Yelahanka Old Town Post Office is located on the
ground floor and it is easily accessible to the physically challenged persons
with wheel chair. No request/complaint has been received about any
inconvenience faced by physically challenged persons with wheel chair visiting
the Yelahanka Old Town Post Office.
(c)
Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications,
is making all out efforts to make all departmental buildings under its charge
compatible for the differently abled persons within the available funds in a
phased manner and, therefore, situation warranting action against erring
officials does not arise. Construction of ramps and rails in all new post
office departmental buildings has been made a mandatory feature.
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