A stretch of the Marina Seaside space has been made accessible to differently-abled individuals because of an initiative by the Larger Chennai Company in affiliation with the Incapacity Rights Alliance TN, an annual affair since 2016. The occasion was disrupted in 2020 as a result of pandemic.
Although the occasion is scheduled yearly on December 3 (Worldwide Day of Individuals with disabilities), this yr resulting from heavy rains, it’s going down within the final week of December.
The ‘Wheelchair-accessible Marina Seaside’ shall be open for youths and adults from December 27 until January 2. On January 1, as a part of Covid-19 restrictions applied by the federal government, it is not going to be accessible.
In a Fb submit, Accessible seashores in Chennai wrote, “The rains could have performed spoilsport round third December, World Incapacity Day, however Larger Chennai Company is decided to squeeze within the seaside entry celebration earlier than December ends. New Years Day 2022 alone is not going to be potential as per pandemic guidelines. So masks up and are available. The accessible seaside path to the ocean (and some seaside wheelchairs too) await you,” the submit learn.
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A brief picket pleasant pathway close to the Gandhi statue was laid on Sunday. Although the official inauguration of the initiative is scheduled on Tuesday within the presence of Municipal Administration Minister KN Nehru and different company officers, the organisers have allowed individuals to utilize the power from Dec 27.
Chatting with Indianexpress.com, Vaishnavi Jayakumar, one of many organisers of the occasion, mentioned they’ve been making efforts for fairly just a few years to make this right into a everlasting pathway that may present entry to differently-abled individuals to the seaside anytime.
The Company has supplied the seaside wheelchair and this yr, the organisers have managed to get the amphibious wheelchair from the Kovalam seaside as nicely for individuals to get pleasure from on the shore safely.