Making Lorestan's Urban and Administrative Spaces Accessible for People with Disabilities

Khorramabad – The Acting Deputy for Development Affairs of the Lorestan Governorate emphasized the need to make the province's urban and administrative spaces more accessible for people with disabilities.

According to the report of Ambassador Arjan Ehsan Karamzadeh, on the sidelines of the Lorestan Adaptation Headquarters meeting, he stated: In this meeting, the approvals of the previous meeting and the assigned tasks for the executive bodies were discussed and reviewed.

He added: Lorestan has a favorable situation in the field of adaptation and the executive bodies have taken acceptable measures in this field. Also, based on the evaluations of national organizations in the last few years, the province has been ranked as one of the most distinguished and superior provinces of the country.

the purpose of customization; Increasing the independence of people with disabilities

The Acting Vice President of Civil Engineering of Lorestan Governorate emphasized the need to pay attention to the needs of people with disabilities and stated: The purpose of implementing adaptation projects is to create a better living environment and to provide conditions so that these people can travel with minimal difficulty in urban and intercity routes and face fewer obstacles when they go to offices and executive bodies.

Karamzadeh continued: Adaptation should be done in such a way that people with disabilities can do their daily affairs as independently as possible while being present in urban and office environments.

Continuation of monitoring and implementation of customization standards

Referring to the other axes of this meeting, he said: In this meeting, the executive bodies that had taken appropriate measures in the field of adaptation were praised and approvals were also approved for follow-up in future meetings.

The Acting Vice President of Construction of Lorestan Governorate noted: The meetings of the Adaptation Headquarters are held seasonally and, if necessary, twice in each season to continuously follow up the process of implementing the approvals and actions of the institutions.

He emphasized: The purpose of these follow-ups is to properly implement the required projects in different parts of the province based on the relevant rules, standards and regulations and to provide better conditions for the movement and presence of people with disabilities in urban and administrative spaces.