NBC gets provisions for elderly and disabled people

Q.  National Building Code has made provisions for the first time for which category of people?
- Published on 06 Jun 16

a. Elderly
b. Persons with disabilities
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b

ANSWER: Both a and b
 
NBC details chapters on making buildings and urban sites accessible and barrier free for the elderly and persons with disabilities. Many public spaces and buildings are inaccessible to India’s disabled estimated at 2.68 crore and the ministry of social justice and empowerment will make accessibility a focus area in the fraud code
  • NBC comes under Bureau of Indian Standards and it is not binding, but provides the national benchmark for construction activities.

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