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Soon, New Town to have park for differently-abled

Soon, the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) will set up the country's first sensory park for differently-abled people in New Town.

The proposed park will come up on a three-acre land. The Social Welfare department has cleared the proposal and has agreed to provide funds for the same. The park will be the first-of-its-kind in the country and will come up in Action Area C that is behind Novotel in New Town.

Welcoming the NKDA's move, Ratnabali Roy, a well-known psychologist said it is a noble move by the state government. "Differently-abled people cannot go to parks because majority of people have least empathy for them and many are scared of them. This park will give them an opportunity to go and enjoy nature."

The park will have games for the visually impaired people which will be played with the help of Braille. There will be an arena covered with sand where they can play other games too. The paths will be wide enough so that wheelchair-bound people can be taken and there will be screens where they can play video games.

Apart from these, there will be entertainment programmes for the physically-challenged people. Work is on to prepare the design of the park. As the park is the first-of-its-kind in the country, the architects have to be very careful in making the design.

It may be mentioned that New Town is coming up as a green and happy city. The green cover has been increased and over 40,000 tress were planted in 2016 by the state Urban Development minister Firhad hakim to increase the green cover. There are tall trees in the area and their census has been recently concluded. As the happiness concept is added to urbanisation, plans have been made in such a way so that there will be something for every resident of New Town.

It may be mentioned that there are several children's park in New Town along with a senior citizen's park called Swapno Bhor, the only of its kind in the state. There are morning walkers who visit the park regularly. Also, there is an auditorium where senior citizens come and take part in cultural programmes.

There is a library and a cafeteria where elderly people come and spend time. There is also a pet park adjacent to Swapno Bhor and a pet corner where the pets are looked after by veterinary doctors.
Debashis Sen, chairman of NKDA said that the sensory park would give relief to the differently-abled

persons and there would be games and entertainment programmes for them. Work is on to make the design and once it is prepared, work to set up the park would start.
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