Blind students can stay in Janakpuri community centre: DDA

DDA vice-chairman Udai Pratap Singh told The Indian Express, “The students will not be asked to leave the community hall till they are moved to a hostel for the visually impaired.”

Written by Abhinav Rajput | New Delhi | Published: December 27, 2017 3:16 am

The hostel had been operating out of a building in Janakpuri’s Virender Nagar for the last 17 years and housed about 20 people

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Tuesday said occupants of Louis Welfare Progressive Association for the Blind, which was demolished by the land owning agency on December 15, can move to a community facility in Janakpuri without any fear of being evicted from there. DDA vice-chairman Udai Pratap Singh told The Indian Express, “The students will not be asked to leave the community hall till they are moved to a hostel for the visually impaired.” The building has enough rooms, halls, kitchen and toilet facilities and the DDA will bear the relocation cost, he added. A senior DDA official said that they recently held meetings with the social welfare department of the Delhi government, seeking space for the students to be rehabilitated. “The official has ensured that he will inform us as soon as there is space,” he said.