Let’s make persons with disabilities self-dependent: President Bhandari

Kathmandu / Dec 3: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said Nepal has internalized the policy of making the persons with disabilities (PWD) self-dependent by bringing them into the mainstream of development. Not only care and kindness but conferring rights is important for this, she added.

Giving a message on the 25th International Day of Persons with Disability marked every year on December 3, President Bhandari extended best wishes to all PWD, their parents and the agencies and organizations working for the welfare of the PWD. She said efforts were on in Nepal to harmonize the laws by implementing UN convention on rights of the PWD.

“It is our common duty to make the PWD able to enjoy the fundamental rights by adopting inclusive policy in education, health, livelihood, sports and entertainment and by restoring them in the family and society,” she mentioned in the message.

Call for public facilities for disabled in Dhading

No government offices in Dhading have so far disabled-friendly structures.

At an interaction programme organised Friday by the District Women and Children Office, Dhading among the representatives of various district-based organisations, people with physical disabilities lamented that no public buildings in the district have yet realised the need of developing facilities for them.

The recently constructed training hall and toilet of the Cottage and Small Industries’ Development Committee here has no disabled-friendly structure, they shared. The administrative section of the District Court, Baglung seems inaccessible for them as it lies on the third floor of its building. Other government offices and schools have the similar conditions.

On the occasion, Chief District Officer Leeladhar Adhikari pledged to make initiatives to ensure the disabled-friendly structures in new public buildings and their easy access to the services of the government and non-government bodies with creating disabled-friendly atmosphere in public sphere. RSS