HC: are public buildings friendly to the disabled

 The high court off Karnataka on Wednesday directed the PWD, UDD and other departments concerned to file affidavits on facilities for disabled persons at public buildings across Karnataka. You say you have issued circulars. But they should not remain in paper, a division Bench headed by Justice V Gopala Gowda observed before adjourning the hearing for 10 days. The podium block in Visvesvaraya Tower and the building housing the commissioners office dont have easy access for the disabled. Although the PWD Act came into force in 1996, there has been no improvement in facilities , D Simharaj claimed in the PIL.