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Road map prepared to make govt bldgs accessible for differently-abled: Minister

MARGAO
Saying the Goa government has availed benefits of the centrally-funded “Accessible India Scheme”, Social Welfare Minister Subhash Faldesai on Sunday said the government has prepared a road map to make government buildings accessible for differently-abled persons.

Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the programme at the Ravindra Bhavan, Margao on Sunday, the Social Welfare Minister said his government has already taken up around 36 government buildings to make them accessible for the differently-abled persons.

He added that plans have been drawn by the Social Welfare Department to bring another 40 government buildings under the Accessible India Scheme to ensure there’s no barrier for the differently-abled persons to enter any government buildings.


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Pay parking project comes back to haunt Madgavkars

Proposal listed on agenda of MMC meet today

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Aug 22, 2022, 12:15 AM IST
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Pay parking project comes back to haunt Madgavkars

MARGAOAround two decades after the Margao Municipal Council was forced by Madgavkars to scrap the pay parking project, the proposal has come back to haunt the Margao City Fathers and citizens alike.For, the issue of pay parking proposal, to levy parking charges on vehicles parked along roadsides, has been listed on the agenda of the Margao Municipal Council meeting scheduled on Monday.The proposal mooted by the Margao Traffic Cell has found mention in the Council…

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