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    Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies (Provision of Special Facilities for the Differently Abled Persons in the Multi-Storeyed and Public Buildings) Rules 2013 – orders - Issued http://www.tn.gov.in/dtp/gorders/maws_e_21_2013.pdf G.O. M.S. No 21 of 1-Feb-2013 GO ramps up hopes of differently abled newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article1461123.ece Author: R Guhambika “It is a huge celebration at Shakti Foundation,” exulted Vasanth Raghuvir, referring to the notification issued by the state government on February 1, directing the municipal administration to implement the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies (Provision of Special Facilities for the Differently Abled Persons in Multi-storeyed Building and Public Buildings) Rules, 2013. The notification has set a 180-day deadline. And ‘Special Facilities’ meant ramps, lift, hand railings and reserved parking space for differently-abled persons in all high-rise buildings – both public and private – in the metropolis. Listed in the notification are 14 types of buildings: educational institutions, hostel, library, hospital, hotel, marriage hall, cinema theatre, amusement park, swimming pool, recreation centre, motion picture house, auditorium, museum, stadium, bank, ATM centres and insurance company, among others. “It is what we had been crusading for during the last 23 years,” Raghuvir, who runs the foundation, told City Express. “It is not a ‘mission impossible’, my late son had told me and today is the day,” she said. “I am holding the notification in my hand.” In fact, Shakti Foundation was the dream mission of her son Velan, who was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at the age of 10. The bright youth, who excelled in academics, founded the NGO in 1992, when he found that the best of what the city could offer by way of temples, cinema, music, wedding and parks were out of bounds for wheelchair-confined persons like him. He died in 1998. Recalling the contribution and efforts of those who lent a helping hand along the way, Raghuvir sounded optimistic that the new rules would be implemented. “We, at the foundation, will continue our crusade and leave no stone unturned in ensuring that the rules are implemented,” she said. Chennai Corporation Commissioner Vikram Kapur said the GO introducing the new rules did not apply to the Corporation of Chennai. “But similar provisions are available in the DR of the Master Plan, which we routinely implement while granting planning permission,” he added. But there are skeptics as well. For instance, take P Simma Chandran, secretary of the Federation of the Tamil Nadu Handicapped Association. The federation, set up in 1998, has 2.4 lakh members belonging to 87 associations across the state. According to him, there are 28 lakh people in the state suffering from different disabilities, with three lakh bound to their wheelchair. Reason for his skepticism: a similar GO was issued in 2003 itself, and a decade had since passed without it being implemented, he pointed out. In fact, a year after the order was passed, the Anna Institute of Management came up on Greenways Road, sans the facilities. Simma Chandran said. “We protested and the inauguration was put off. Later, at the intervention of an IAS officer, ramps and lifts were installed.” On the decade-long delay in implementation of the order, a senior IAS officer said that financial constraints could have been an important factor. No way, argued Simma Chandran, who suffers from 60 per cent immobility on the left side of his body. In 2009, the DMK government issued a directive that MLAs and MPs could use a portion of their development funds for the purpose. “Still, nothing happened.” Lack of access to ATM centres in these days of plastic money is a sore point. “We have to seek the help of others to withdraw cash. Some overdraw and disappear,” Simma Chandran rued. Of course, they also miss out on watching a movie in a theatre, soaking in the atmosphere. The

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    Rules - Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies (Provision of Special Facilities for
    the Differently Abled Persons in the Multi-Storeyed and Public Buildings) Rules 2013
    orders - Issued
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MA.1) Department
    G.O.(Ms)No.21

    Ref :

    Dated: 01-02-2013.
    (Thiruvalluvar Aandu 2044,
    Nandana, Thai - 19)

    Read:
    1. From the State Commissioner for the Differently Abled,
    letter No.6027/ DAW 2(2) / 2011, dated: 01.07.2011.
    2. From the Commissioner of Municipal Administration,
    Letter Roc. No. 32566/ 2011/ TP3, dated: 24.08.2011.
    ------------

    ORDER :
    Pursuant to the Announcement No.138 made by the Honble Chief Minister
    during the Budget session 2011 2012 on the floor of Legislative Assembly under
    Rule 110 for the Provision of Barrier free environment for Differently Abled Persons,
    the State Commissioner for the Differently Abled in the reference first read above
    has requested the Government to issue suitable rules regarding the Provision of
    Ramps in Public and Private Buildings for the benefit of the Differently Abled
    Persons by making suitable amendments to the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities
    Act 1920.
    2.
    In the reference second read above, the Commissioner of Municipal
    Administration has sent necessary proposals to amend the Tamil Nadu District
    Municipalities Act, 1920, the Madurai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1971,
    the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation Act, 1981 and the Multi-Storeyed and
    Public Building Rules, 1973.
    3.
    Pursuant to that for the provision of Special facilities in the
    Multi-Storeyed and Public Buildings for the Differently Abled Persons, suitable
    amendments have been made to the above Acts by the Tamil Nadu Municipal Laws
    (Second Amendment) Act, 2012 (Tamil Nadu Act No.16 of 2012). The Government
    have therefore now decided to make new rules for the benefit of Differently Abled
    Persons in all the Multi Storyed Building and Public Buildings.
    p.t.o.,

    -24. The appended Notifications will be published in the Tamil Nadu


    Government Gazette, Extraordinary dated the 1st day of February 2013.

    (BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR)

    C. V. Sankar,
    Principal Secretary to Government.

    To
    The Works Manager, Government Central Press,
    Chennai 600 079. (for publication of notification in the Tamil Nadu Government
    Gazette and to send 500 copies to Government)
    The Commissioner of Municipal Administration, Chennai 600 005.
    The Commissioner of Town and Country Planning , Chennai 600 002.
    The Director of Town Panchayats, Chennai 600 104.
    The State Commissioner for the Differently Abled, 15/1, Model School Road,
    Thousand Lights, Chennai 600 006.
    Copy to
    The Housing & Urban Development Department, Chennai -600 009.
    The Law Department, Chennai 600 009.
    The Welfare of Differently Abled Persons (OP) Department, Chennai - 600 009.
    The Private Secretary to Chief Secretary to Government, Chennai 600 009.
    The Municipal Administration and Water Supply (OP.2) Department,
    Chennai 600 009.
    SF/SC

    // forwarded by order //
    Section Officer.

    APPENDIX
    NOTIFICATION - I
    In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the
    Tamil Nadu Municipal Laws (Second Amendment) Act, 2012, (Tamil Nadu Act 16 of
    2012), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby appoints the 1st day of February 2013,
    as the date on which the said Act shall come into force.
    NOTIFICATION - II
    In exercise of powers conferred by clause (gg) of sub-section (3) of section
    191 of the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920 (Tamil Nadu Act V of 1920),
    clause (hh) of sub-section (3) of section 268 of the Madurai City Municipal
    Corporation Act, 1971 (Tamil Nadu Act 15 of 1971), clause (hh) of sub-section (3) of
    section 268 of the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation Act, 1981 (Tamil Nadu Act
    25 of 1981), section 11 of the Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation Act, 1994
    (Tamil Nadu Act 27 of 1994), section 11 of the Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation
    Act, 1994 (Tamil Nadu Act 28 of 1994), section 11 of the Salem City Municipal
    Corporation Act, 1994 (Tamil Nadu Act 29 of 1994), section 10 of the Tiruppur City
    Municipal Corporation Act, 2008 (Tamil Nadu Act 7 of 2008), section 10 of the Erode
    City Municipal Corporation Act, 2008 (Tamil Nadu Act 8 of 2008), section 10 of the
    Vellore City Municipal Corporation Act, 2008 (Tamil Nadu Act 26 of 2008)
    and section 10 of the Thoothukudi City Municipal Corporation Act, 2008 (Tamil Nadu
    Act 27 of 2008), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following Rules,
    namely :-

    RULES
    1.

    Short title and Commencement .- These rules may be called the Tamil
    Nadu Urban Local Bodies (Provision of Special Facilities for the
    Differently Abled
    Persons in Multi-Storeyed Building and Public
    Buildings) Rules, 2013.

    2.

    Definitions .- In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires ,(a) Act means the Madurai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1971 (Tamil Nadu
    Act 15 of 1971), the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation Act, 1981
    (Tamil Nadu Act 25 of 1981), the Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation
    Act, 1994 (Tamil Nadu Act 27 of 1994), the Tirunelveli City Municipal
    Corporation Act, 1994 (Tamil Nadu Act 28 of 1994), the Salem City Municipal
    Corporation Act, 1994 (Tamil Nadu Act 29 of 1994), the Tiruppur City
    Municipal Corporation Act, 2008 (Tamil Nadu Act 7 of 2008), the Erode City
    Municipal Corporation Act, 2008 (Tamil Nadu Act 8 of 2008), the Vellore City
    Municipal Corporation Act, 2008 (Tamil Nadu Act 26 of
    2008) and
    the Thoothukudi City Municipal Corporation Act, 2008 (Tamil Nadu Act 27
    of 2008), as the case may be ;
    p.t.o.,

    -2(b) Commissioner means the Commissioner of a Municipal Corporation or of a


    Municipality;
    (c) Executive Authority means the Executive Authority of a Municipality or of a
    Town Panchayat;
    (d) multi-storeyed and public building means a building having more than two
    floors, where public have an access for any purpose and used as a,(i) school, college or University or other similar educational institution, hostel,
    library or lecture room;
    (ii) hospital, nursing home, dispensary or any other similar institution ;
    (iii) boarding and lodging house;
    (iv) choultry or marriage hall;
    (v) cinema theatre, amusement park, swimming pool, recreation centre, motion
    picture house, assembly hall, auditorium, exhibition hall,
    museum, recreation pier and stadium ;
    (vi) market for the display and sale of merchandise, either wholesale or retail ;
    (vii)

    bank, ATM counter, insurance company;

    (viii)

    jewellery shop;

    (ix) shopping mall (any building providing multiple services or facilities to the
    public like shopping, cinema theatres, restaurants, etc., for example a
    multiplex or a shopping complex ) ;
    (x) industry carrying the activities of production, manufacturing ;
    (xi) institution of information technology services or radio broadcasting services or
    television stations;
    (xii)

    (xiii)

    (xiv)

    office of the Central Government or any State Government


    authority or any body corporate owned or controlled by
    Government or any State Government ;
    office by any quasi-Governmental organization or any
    undertaking controlled by the Central Government or
    Government ; and
    bus station and bus terminals ;

    or any local
    the Central
    Government
    any State

    (e) urban local body means a Municipal Corporation, a Municipality or a Town


    Panchayat ; and
    (f) all words and expressions used but not defined in these rules shall have the
    meanings, respectively, assigned to them in the Act.
    3.

    Provision of special facilities for the Differently Abled Persons in


    (1) In every multi-storeyed and
    Multi-Storeyed and Public Buildings .public building, within the territorial area of an urban local body, the following
    special facilities shall be provided for the benefit of the differently abled
    persons, namely :-

    -3(a) A ramp with slope not exceeding 1:12 from the ground level of open space on
    road level to the entrance door of the lift or staircase;
    (b) A lift of sufficient size to accommodate the differently abled persons with a
    wheel chair;
    (c) A 90 Centimetres high hand rail and an additional hand rail at a height of 75
    centimetres above the finished level of the steps for stair cases and for steps
    to the ground floor plinth, even if they are enclosed on their sides by walls;
    (d) Sufficient number of special toilets for the use of the differently abled persons
    depending upon the plinth area and units, preferably located in the ground
    floor. The size of the toilet block, the arrangement of various accessories
    within the toilet shall follow the specifications given in the National Building
    Code;
    (e) Reservation of ten percent of the required car parking, subject to a minimum
    of two car parkings near the entrance of the building in such a way to provide
    easy access to the lift and the staircase.
    (2)
    Every person intend to construct or reconstruct a multi-storeyed or
    public building shall make necessary provision in the building plan itself for providing
    the special facilities for the differently abled persons in the manner as prescribed in
    sub-rule ( 1 ), while making application to the Commissioner or the Executive
    Authority of the urban local body concerned for issuing a building license.
    (3)
    The Commissioner or the Executive Authority of the urban local body
    concerned shall, before giving approval for the construction of a new multi-storeyed
    and public building or re-construction of an existing building, ensure that necessary
    provisions have been made in the building plan for providing special facilities for the
    differently abled persons in the manner as prescribed in sub-rule ( 1 ).
    (4)
    In every existing multi-storeyed and public building, the special facilities
    for the differently abled persons shall be provided in the manner as prescribed in
    sub-rule ( 1 ), by the owner or occupier of that building within 180 days from the date
    of coming into force of these Rules. The Commissioner or the Executive Authority of
    the urban local body concerned shall ensure that the special facilities for the
    differently abled persons have been provided in such building in the manner as
    prescribed in sub-rule ( 1 ).
    (5)
    Where a building, which is not used as a multi-storeyed and public
    building, is proposed to be used as a multi-storeyed and public building, the special
    facilities for the differently abled persons shall be provided in such building by the
    owner or occupier, before such change of use and the concerned licensing authority
    who is empowered to permit such business, trade or profession shall permit to carry
    out such change of use in the building only after ensuring that the special facilities for
    the differently abled persons are provided therein in the manner as prescribed in
    sub-rule ( 1 ).
    p.t.o.,

    -4(6)
    The Commissioner or the Executive Authority of the urban local body
    concerned shall, while receiving the notice of completion of a multi-storeyed and
    public building to be furnished by the owner of that building, shall ensure that the
    special facilities for the differently abled persons have been provided properly in
    such buildings in the manner as prescribed in sub-rule ( 1 ).
    C. V. Sankar,
    Principal Secretary to Government.
    /True Copy/
    Section Officer.

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