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PANAJI
The Goa government is awaiting funds from the Centre to retro-fit some 30-odd government buildings in the capital city with gadgets and other equipment to make them ‘disabled-friendly’. Of the Rs 8-odd crore the State has sought from the Centre, it has already received over Rs 4 crore for the task.
A notification released in the Official Gazette by the Goa Human Rights Commission on Thursday said, the State government received almost Rs 4.44 crore of the Rs 8.89 crore sanctioned by the Centre to make all government buildings disabled-friendly. Yet, the State government is waiting for the remaining funds to carry out the task.
“The State has conducted access audit of 31 buildings/locations and the proposal has been forwarded to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, New Delhi to release grant-in-aid under SIPDA Scheme for retrofitting the building/location on the Accessible India Campaign” said the action taken report submitted by the state government to GHRC.
