Lok Sabha Question No. 994 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Disabled and Elderly Accessible Government Buildings
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 994 TO BE ANSWERED ON JUNE 27, 2019.

## DISABLED AND ELDERLY ACCESSIBLE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS NO. 994 DR. SHASHI THAROOR :

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether  the  Government's  2015  guidelines  to  make  all  the Government buildings accessible to disabled and elderly have been implemented;
- (b)
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof;
- if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the number of the Government buildings that have been made accessible  after  the  formulation  of  the  guidelines.  State/UTwise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) to (d): The guidelines relating to making Government buildings accessible  to  disabled  and  elderly  have  been  adopted  for implementation.  Central Public Works Department have made 811  Central Government  buildings  in  different  states/UTs under  its  maintenance,  accessible  to  disabled  and  elderly. State/UT wise details are attached as 'Annexure A'.

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## Annexure 'A'

## Details of State/UT wise Government Buildings under maintenance of Central Public Works Department made accessible to disabled and elderly referred in reply to Part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 994 for 27 th  June, 2019.

| Sl. No.   | State                        |   No. of Buildings |
|-----------|------------------------------|--------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh and Telangana |                 39 |
| 2.        | Andaman & Nicobar            |                 09 |
| 3.        | Bihar                        |                 15 |
| 4.        | Chhattisgarh                 |                 05 |
| 5.        | Delhi                        |                165 |
| 6.        | Gujarat                      |                 40 |
| 7.        | Goa                          |                 07 |
| 8.        | Himachal Pradesh             |                 24 |
| 9.        | Jharkhand                    |                 16 |
| 10.       | Jammu & Kashmir              |                 03 |
| 11.       | Karnataka                    |                 26 |
| 12.       | Kerala                       |                 19 |
| 13.       | Madhya Pradesh               |                 62 |
| 14.       | Maharashtra                  |                 91 |
| 15.       | North East States            |                 56 |
| 16.       | Odisha                       |                 17 |
| 17.       | Punjab & Haryana             |                 20 |
| 18.       | Puducherry                   |                 04 |
| 19.       | Port Blair                   |                 02 |
| 20.       | Rajasthan                    |                 52 |
| 21.       | Sikkim                       |                 04 |
| 22.       | Tamilnadu                    |                 46 |
| 23.       | Uttar Pradesh                |                 30 |
| 24.       | Uttarakhand                  |                 10 |
| 25.       | West Bengal                  |                 49 |
|           | TOTAL                        |                811 |

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