Lok Sabha Question No. 71 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-11
Subject: Accessibility Audit of Government Buildings
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: T.G. VENKATESH BABU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (DIVYANGJAN)

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.71 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2018

## Accessibility Audit of Government Buildings

## 71. SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G::

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware that many of the Government buildings in the country including airports and railway stations are not easily accessible to the differently abled and if the details thereof; SO,

(b) whether the Government has any proposal to conduct Accessibility Audit of important Government buildings in the country;

- (c) if SO, the details thereof; State-wise; and

(d) the time by which the above proposal is likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

(a) Yes Madam. However; as per information received from the Ministry of Civil Aviation all 34 ramps,  accessible   toilets, and lifts with Braille   symbols   and auditory  signals   Similarly, as per & B' category railway stations, 670 stations have been provided with all short-term facilities and 639 railway stations have been provided with  long-term facilities

(b) & (c) Under Accessible India Campaign, Access Audit of 1662 buildings in various States/UTs has already been completed. State-wise list is annexed.

(d) In view of reply to (b) & (c) question does not arise:

ANNEXURE State-wise list of Government buildings which have been subjected to Accessibility Audit\_under\_the Accessible India Campaign

| SNo:   | State                       | Cities             | No of Buildings Audited   |
|--------|-----------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair         | 25                        |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh              | Vishakhapatnam     | 41                        |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh           | Itanagar           | 24                        |
| 4      | Assam                       | Guawahati          | 25                        |
| 5      | Bihar                       | Patna              | 28                        |
| 6      | Chattisgarh_                | Raipur             | 58                        |
|        | Chandigarh                  | Chandigarh         | 44                        |
| 8      | Dadra and Haveli Nagar      | Sillvassa          | 50                        |
| 9      | Delhi                       | Delhi (NCT)        | 23                        |
| 10     | Goa                         | Panaji             | 31                        |
|        | Gujarat                     | Ahmedabad          | 16                        |
|        |                             | Gandhinagar        | 27                        |
|        |                             | Surat              | 6                         |
|        |                             | Vadodra            | 3                         |
|        | Haryana                     | Faridabad          | 47                        |
|        |                             | Gurgaon            | 42                        |
| 13     | Himachal Pradesh            | Shimla             | 22                        |
| 14     | Jammu and Kashmir           | Srinagar           | 25                        |
| 15     | Jharkhand                   | Ranchi             | 49                        |
| 16     | Karnataka                   | Bengaluru          | 50                        |
| 17     | Kerala                      | Thiruvananthapuram | 51                        |
| 18     | Lakshadweep                 | Kavaratti          | 58                        |
| 19     | Madhya Pradesh              | Bhopal             | 50                        |
|        |                             | Indore             | 50                        |
| 20     | Maharashtra                 | Mumbai             | 53                        |
|        |                             | Nagpur             | 51                        |
|        |                             | Nashik             | 26                        |
|        |                             | Pune               | 50                        |
| 21     | Manipur_                    | Imphal             | 47                        |
| 22     | Meghalaya                   | Shillong           | 23                        |
| 23     | Mizoram                     | Aizawl             | 33                        |
| 24     | Nagaland                    | Kohima             | 29                        |
| 25     | Odisha                      | Bhuwaneshwar       | 50                        |
| 26     | Puducherry                  | Puducherty         | 30                        |
| 27     | Punjab                      | Ludhiana           | 20                        |
| 28     | Rajasthan                   | Jaipur             | 88                        |
| 29     | Sikkim                      | Gangtok            | 36                        |
| 30     | Tamil Nadu                  | Chennai            | 25                        |
|        |                             | Coimbatore_        | 24                        |
| 31     | Telangana                   | Hyderabad          | 19                        |
| 32     | Tripura                     | Agartala           | 14                        |
| 33     | Uttrakhand                  | Dehradun           | 26                        |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh               | Agra               | 39                        |
|        |                             | Jhansi             | 9                         |
|        |                             | Kanpur             | 20                        |
|        |                             | Lucknow            | 22                        |
|        |                             | Varanasi           | 12                        |
| 35     | Wect Renoal                 | NOIDA              | 34 77                     |