The Bombay Excessive Court docket on Wednesday directed the State Authorities to file an affidavit detailing the steps taken to offer quick access for differently-abled individuals on the footpaths within the metropolis of Mumbai.
The courtroom was knowledgeable that the state had constituted a State Advisory Board to look into the problems confronted by the differently-abled individuals.
Court docket had taken suo moto cognisance of subject
”The (advisory) board is constituted, accordingly, we name upon the AGP (further authorities pleader) to file an affidavit by the state advisory board by a high-level officer which shall include particulars of steps taken for offering quick access to the disabled on footpaths within the metropolis of Mumbai,” a bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Aruf Physician stated.
The courtroom had taken suo moto (by itself) cognisance of the problem after it obtained an e mail from wheelchair-bound Karan Shah, 25, highlighting the inaccessibility of footpaths, by folks equally positioned as him, because of carefully positioned bollards.
The deadline is ending on March 7
BMC counsel Anil Singh knowledgeable the courtroom that the civic physique is within the strategy of rectifying the gap between the bollards on footpaths to make it simply accessible to differently-abled individuals. The HC had granted three months’ time to rectify the discrepancies associated to bollards on footpaths. ”The deadline is ending on March 7, and work is at the moment in progress,” Singh added.
State advocate Poornima Kanyharia knowledgeable the bench that the State Advisory Board has been established beneath Part 71 of the Proper of Individuals With Incapacity Act 2016.
The bench, therefore, sought particulars concerning the steps taken by the advisory board to offer quick access for disabled individuals on the footpaths of Mumbai.
On Wednesday, the bench tagged a petition in regards to the subject of accessibility to bus stops, bus terminals and different such locations for individuals with incapacity, together with the suo motu petition.
The excessive courtroom additionally requested the counsels showing for the Metropolitan Area Improvement Authority (MMRDA) and Maharashtra State Street Improvement Company (MSRDC) to hunt directions over the elimination of bollards on the roads inside their respective jurisdictions. The HC has saved the matter for listening to after two weeks.