An accessibility audit by experts of the new Parliament building, which is scheduled to be completed by October, is underway, according to sources with knowledge of the exercise.
The ramps at the entrances of the under-construction building have been reviewed and the audit process was still on, the sources said.
When asked for a comment on the exercise, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) director Hitesh Vaidya said “the NIUA along with Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee are in discussion with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to facilitate accessibility audit”. The NIUA and a team of IIT-Roorkee have also recently drafted a revised version of universal accessibility guidelines and standards, which, once notified, would succeed the 2016 guidelines issued by the Central Public Works Department.
