In a letter to the VC, AISA mentioned the incident wherein a wheelchair-bound student fell on the road behind the JNU's School of Social Sciences on June 22.
AISA writes to JNU VC to make campus accessible for PwD students
The All India Students' Association (AISA) has urged the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit to resolve the long-pending issue of making the campus accessible for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs).
In a letter to the VC, AISA mentioned the incident wherein a wheelchair-bound student fell on the road behind the JNU's School of Social Sciences on June 22. "Sourya Sood had repeatedly approached the Vice-Chancellor's office regarding the lack of accessibility in many places on campus. However, the Vice-Chancellor has not yet acted on the issues raised by him," claimed AISA, as reported by English Daily. AISA further stated that it has conducted a survey and found that PwD students face many problems on the campus.
"JNU campus is still inaccessible for persons with disabilities. These issues become a barrier to living a dignified life and accessing equal opportunities," the AISA mentioned in the letter. "Some of the elevators in the School of International Studies-I don't go to the basement where the canteens are located and some of the prime locations like Central Library and Stadium Road still don't have a tactile path," the letter further stated.
"The laptops which the library gives to students with special needs are extremely outdated. There is no provision for Braille newspaper even in the library," the letter read. "There used to be a dedicated worker for PwD students in the mess but this also has been stopped. Further none of the tables in any hostel's mess are wheelchair-friendly," it said.
AISA further claimed that the JNU Health Centre does not have any special worker to assist PwD students.
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