Gadkari launches Purple Building Certification Scheme developed by AMTZ

The Purple Building Certification Scheme (PBCS) was launched by Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari astatine an lawsuit successful New Delhi connected December 4, to people the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) celebrated connected December 3.

The PBCS has been developed by Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone (AMTZ), with inputs from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Inclusive Divyangjan Entrepreneur Association (IDEA) and ensures equitable entree for radical with divers mobility and sensory needs .

Mr. Gadkari has asked the NITI Aayog to draught a connection and the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to hole a Bill to beryllium cleared successful Parliament to marque azygous accessibility a ineligible right. “India needs to beryllium astatine par with European and the US standards AMTZ has done a bully job,” Mr. Gadkari said.

Jitendra Sharma, MD and Founder-CEO of AMTZ, said, “Accessibility should not beryllium seen arsenic an objection but arsenic the instauration of each gathering successful a genuinely inclusive nation. Three adept committees, with enactment from ICMR, person worked meticulously to conception a nationalist modular for accessibility. Today, we contiguous a model that builders and existent property developers crossed India tin follow to span the spread betwixt argumentation and real-world implementation.”