In news–The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways has recently laid the Foundation Stone of the world’s largest and unique Divyang Park – Anubhuti Inclusive Park in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
About the park-
- The park will have adapted facilities for all 21 types of disabilities.
- It will have facilities like a touch and smell garden, hydrotherapy unit, water therapy, and an independent room for mentally challenged children, mother.
- A provision of about Rs 12 crore has been made by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, for this park being built in an area of 90 thousand square feet.
- In 2016, the central government passed the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act for the rights of persons with disabilities. He said this law is to give the disabled the right to live with dignity.
- Taking initiative under this, the Central Government has created some Divyang Parks in South India and Madhya Pradesh.
- In this series, this ‘Anubhuti Inclusive Park’ is being built for disabled children and general citizens in Pardi campus of Nagpur.
Source: PIB
