BHUBANESWAR: Authorities of seven higher educational institutions have been asked by the department of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities to make their websites accessible for persons with disabilities (PwDs).
These institutions are Ravenshaw, Sambalpur, Berhampur, Khallikote, Fakir Mohan universities, BPUT and BJB College.
The department has asked the authorities concerned to provide their website templates and other necessary documents to ERNET, an autonomous society under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, for hosting of accessible websites in a time bound manner.
The direction comes at a time when the Centre has been laying stress on early completion of 'Accessible India Campaign'.