In Irkutsks Leninsky District they discussed how to make the urban environment more accessible for people with limited mobility. At a meeting with disability groups and medical institutions they reviewed last years work on ramps and yard improvements and outlined new steps for this year.
On January 19, a working meeting was held in the committee for the management of the Leninsky District of the Irkutsk administration with representatives of the public organization “All-Russian Society of the Disabled,” the Leninsky District Organization of the Disabled, the medical unit of IAPO, City Clinical Hospital No. 8, and specialists from the district housing and utilities department.At present, about 13,000 disabled people live in the district, including 180 wheelchair users.
As Olga Soboleva, head of the organizational department of the committee for the management of the Leninsky District, said, last year, in order to create an accessible environment for people with limited mobility, work was carried out to install ramps during the repair of intra-block stairways at 8 addresses (34-a, 160, 162, 164, 343 Rosa Luxemburg St., 181-183 Baumana St., 26 Volgogradskaya St., 130 Leningradskaya St.), and the intra-block area was improved with the installation of curb ramps in the residential area along R. Luxemburg St., 68–90.
At the meeting, the main areas of work of the public organizations of the disabled and the committee were identified. Thus, this year it is planned to prepare a list of priority social infrastructure facilities in the district that are not equipped with the necessary technical means. Throughout the year, meetings will be held with the heads of enterprises and organizations in the district on the issue of creating an accessible environment, since only through joint efforts can favorable conditions be created for people with limited mobility.
Based on materials from the press service of the Irkutsk administration.