The specially-abled believe the new Narendra Modi government needs to adopt an inclusive mindset beyond infrastructure, and empower people with disabilities to take up leadership roles in every sector.
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The Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry on Tuesday launched an application for the public to submit complaints and feedback about accessibility of public and private buildings across the country.
The Sugamya Bharat app, developed by the Ministry’s Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), would help in crowd-sourcing information to enhance accessibility, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot said while launching it at a virtual event. The Android version of the app was launched on Tuesday and the iOS version would be available by March 15, the Ministry said in a statement.
The app will allow users to submit complaints of inaccessibility as well as give examples and best practices worth emulating, it said. The app itself has accessibility features like adjustable font size, colour contrast options, text-to-speech and integrated screen reader in Hindi and English, the Ministry said. The app is available
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the New Bhaupur- New Khurja section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) on December 29th, 2020 at 11 AM via video conferencing. During the event, Prime Minister will also inaugurate EDFC s Operation Control Centre (OCC) at Prayagraj. Governor of Uttar Pradesh Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath and Union Minister Piyush Goyal will also be present on the occasion. This section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) has been built by TATA Projects Limited, one of India s fastest-growing and most admired infrastructure companies. The 351 km New Bhaupur - New Khurja section of EDFC is situated in Uttar Pradesh. The section will open new vistas of opportunity for the local industries such as aluminium industry (Pukhrayan region of Kanpur Dehat district), dairy sector (Auraiya district), textile production/block printing (Etawah district), glassware industry (Firozabad district), pottery produ
PM Modi to inaugurate TATA Projects built stretch of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor ANI | Updated: Dec 29, 2020 10:23 IST
New Delhi [India] December 29 (ANI/PRNewswire): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the New Bhaupur- New Khurja section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) on December 29th, 2020 at 11 AM via video conferencing.
During the event, Prime Minister will also inaugurate EDFC s Operation Control Centre (OCC) at Prayagraj. Governor of Uttar Pradesh Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath and Union Minister Piyush Goyal will also be present on the occasion.
This section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) has been built by TATA Projects Limited, one of India s fastest-growing and most admired infrastructure companies.
PM Modi to inaugurate New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of EDFC today
The new EDFC section will help in decongesting the Kanpur-Delhi main line and it will furthermore enable the Indian Railways to run faster trains. The New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of the EDFC, which is located in UP, is built at a cost of Rs 5,750 crores. (Image: ANI)
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Updated: Dec 29, 2020, 06:41 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to inaugurate the New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) today (December 29).
The prime minister will attend the event and inaugurate the section of the corridor at 11 am via video conferencing.