Factsheet: Accessible India Campaign — India
Snapshot
1. Under AIC
Total Building Audited: 1671
Total Cost Estimate received: 1484
Total funded building: 1314
Total no. of buildings completed: 609
2. The city-wise list of Public Buildings and Public Spaces under Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan is enclosed in Annexure II.
3. The city-wise list of the current accessibility status of the Public buildings is enclosed in Annexure I.
4. The list of government buildings across States and UTs are enclosed in Annexure II.
5. State/UT has reported the work Completion in 609. State/ UT Govt owned public buildings & the list is enclosed as Annexure II.
6. The accessibility auditors/ Auditing firms who conducted Accessibility Auditing across all the States and UTs are as follows:
1. Samarthyam Trust.
2. Ar. Kavita Murugkar
3. Swabhiman Odisha.
4. The Leprosy Mission Trust India
5. Svayam New Delhi
6. V-shesh Learning Services Pvt Ltd.
7. Association for Disabled People, Delhi.
8. Arushi, Bhopal.
9. Shishu Saroti, Assam.
10. CBM India Trust.Bangalore
11. Sama Foundation, Bangalore
12. Handicare
7 and 8. Auditors have been hired as per procedures laid down in existing guidelines/ provisions of GOIs. [Information sought regarding the guidelines and Standard Operating Procedure followed for the Accessibility Auditing under Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan and the process for the selection of auditors for the Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan.]
9. A sum of Rs. 4,11,41,955/- has been released for the said purpose so far. [Information sought regarding the latest details of expenses incurred for accessibility audit in all the States and Union Territories under Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan.]
10. State/UT-wise list is enclosed as annexure I. [Information sought regarding the complete details of Government Buildings, Public Buildings and Public Spaces whose Accessibility Audits were completed in all the States and Union Territories under Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan].
11. No separate budgetary allocation for this purpose. [Information sought regarding the year-wise Budgetary allocation and its utilization on accessibility auditing and accessibility work in all the States and Union Territories under Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan].
12. Under the AIC the total amount released for carrying out accessibility work is INR 553.59 Cr.
13,14 and 15. Instructed to the concerned ministries/ Departments, your applications have been transferred to the concerned CPIO for necessary actions. [Information sought regarding the details of the accessibility audit and measures taken at the Central Universities and other Central Government funded and administered Schools, Universities, and Hospitals like IIT, IIM and AIIMS; blue flag beaches and museums; and Railway Stations and Airports under the Accessible India Campaign].
16. This milestone was not covered at the earlier phase of AIC. [Information sought regarding the details of accessibility measures carried out at UNESCO World Heritage Sites and other such cultural and historical heritage monuments of India under the Accessible India campaign.]
17 and 18. Instructed to the concerned ministries/ Departments, your applications have been transferred to the concerned CPIO for necessary actions. [Information sought regarding the accessibility audit and measures carried out at the Parliament of India and Legislative Buildings of all the State and Union Territory and the Supreme Court of India and all the High Courts under the Accessible India campaign.]
Annexure
Annexure — 1
Annexure — 2
Source
As per information received to RTI Application from the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice, Government of India dated 06th February 2023.
Prepared by
Abhishek Kumar. NCPEDP — Javed Abidi Fellow on Disability. The author can be reached at abhishek.ncpedp@gmail.com. Abhishek also curates The Sangyan.
Ar. Kavya Poornima Balajepalli, NCPEDP — Javed Abidi Fellow on Disability. The author can be reached at kavyapoornima.ncpedp@gmail.com. Kavya also curates Poornamidam — data-driven and evidence-based research and advocacy endeavour concerning disability, architecture, and everything in between.
