{"id":61328,"date":"2020-02-12T16:35:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T11:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61328"},"modified":"2020-02-12T16:35:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T11:35:56","slug":"kp-building-code-amended-aid-differently-abled-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-building-code-amended-aid-differently-abled-people.html","title":{"rendered":"KP govt to amend building code to facilitate differently-abled people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has directed the Communication and Works Department to amend its new building code by making it mandatory for all buildings in the city to provide the necessary infrastructural facilities for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbca-dgs-directed-to-facilitate-disabled-people.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"differently-abled people (opens in a new tab)\">differently-abled people<\/a>, according to news sources. To this effect, the government is seeking a province-wide adoption of the Pakistan Accessibility Code 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/cda-directs-make-buildings-pwd-friendly.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"CDA directs to make buildings PWD-friendly (opens in a new tab)\">CDA directs to make buildings PWD-friendly<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According\nto the officially released statement, a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Dr\nKazim Niaz has ordered the establishment of ramps in all government buildings.\nIn addition, the authorities concerned have been directed to make these ramps\nmandatory under the new building code \u2014 in a bid to facilitate\ndifferently-abled people. The chief secretary stated that the government would\nonly approve the construction of those structures that provide facilities like\nramps and special washrooms for people with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting also ordered the relevant officials to install a viable firefighting system in all government departments in order to secure precious lives and records in case of emergencies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-khan-directs-facilitation-of-special-persons-in-urban-development.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PM Khan directs facilitation of special persons in urban development (opens in a new tab)\">PM Khan directs facilitation of special persons in urban development<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nstatement further revealed that the meeting reviewed the performance of the\ndeputy commissioners and was appraised that 24,400 cases of land transfers had\nbeen resolved in the last month alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr\nKazim directed the deputy commissioners to ensure the success of the upcoming\ntree plantation campaign, and enforce a complete ban on plastic bags. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has directed the Communication and Works Department to amend its new building code by making it mandatory for all buildings in the city to provide the necessary infrastructural facilities for differently-abled people, according to news sources. To this effect, the government is seeking a province-wide adoption of the Pakistan Accessibility Code 2006. Read: CDA directs to make buildings PWD-friendly According to the officially released statement, a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Dr Kazim Niaz has ordered the establishment of ramps in all government buildings. In addition, the authorities concerned have been directed to make these ramps mandatory under the new building code \u2014 in a bid to facilitate differently-abled people. The chief secretary stated that the government would only approve the construction of those structures that provide facilities like ramps and special washrooms for people with disabilities. The meeting also ordered the relevant officials to install a viable firefighting system in all government departments in order to secure precious lives and records in case of emergencies. Read: PM Khan directs facilitation of special persons in urban development The statement further revealed that the meeting reviewed the performance of the deputy commissioners and was appraised&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":60519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15020],"tags":[19053,19045,19046,19048,19047],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-developments","8":"tag-building-code-kp","9":"tag-details-on-kp-govt-to-amend-building-code-to-facilitate-differently-abled-people","10":"tag-differently-abled-people","11":"tag-pakistan-accessibility-code-2006","12":"tag-people-with-disabilities","13":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>KP building code amended to aid differently-abled people - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"KP government has directed the Communication and Works Department to amend its new building code to establish ramps for differently-abled people\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-building-code-amended-aid-differently-abled-people.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KP building code amended to aid differently-abled people - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"KP government has directed the Communication and Works Department to amend its new building code to establish ramps for differently-abled people\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-building-code-amended-aid-differently-abled-people.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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