Halls of shame

Chennai | Monday | 19th August, 2019

Summary:

There are 120 government maintained community halls in the city and not one of them is accessible for persons with disabilities (PwD). Most of the wedding or community halls, managed by the government and private parties are inaccessible, and there are always a few steps in the entrance. “Everybody is in a festive mood at community halls. At CIT community hall, the steps are broken and the surface of few halls in the city are glossy, making it slippery for us. Concurring, Vijayashree Ramesh from Vidya Sagar, an NGO that works with children and adults with special needs, said that community halls built recently have ramps for the sake of it and are steep..