Uttar Pradesh and the State of the Disabled

Lucknow, the Capital of  Uttar Pradesh , is not  a beautiful city—at least not for the persons  with physical challenges. Today (September20,2018) , I accompanied a  very senior citizen  who is physically challenged and is on wheel chair for locomotion, to the office of Sub-Registrar in connection with the registration of  a sale deed. It was shocking to see the inaccessibility of the office,  for the disabled people. There are  offices of four Sub registrars on first floor and offices of fifth Sub- registrar , AIG and DIG are on second floor. All these offices are located near the office of  District Magistrate , Lucknow .

         There are no ramps for the disabled. There are no lifts for any body. None of the offices has any wheel chair. The stairs to these highly crowded offices are very steep. The  disabled person can reach Sub registrar’s office  only if two or three strong persons physically  lift her . No registration  can be done if you do not reach  the office personally.

                 I find  Lucknow , the capital of Uttar Pradesh so  unfriendly and inaccessible to  the disabled. Good governance is only on paper and in advertisements.I feel ashamed to be living in such a disabled-unfriendly city.

              I appeal to the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Aditya Nath Jee  to spare   15 minutes to visit the  offices of Sub registrars himself  , and provide lifts , wheel chairs and ramps there.