Concept of Disabled friendly KU

Audio Report 

Today we are here at Kathmandu University to see the construction work that is going on according to the master plan made around 20 years ago. Chief engineer of KU, ER. Bidya Ratna Bajracharya says that development is a never ending process and so is construction of university. So till date about sixty percent of the master plan has completed and new projects are continuing.
It started with a very minor concept of building a campus that was already established in Kathmandu and had to be shifted to a much peaceful and naturally beautiful location which was later chose to be Dhulikhel. Later with the agreement of the Dhulikhel municipality and other local's initiation, building of this university was viable and was made successfully.



Location of KU

Senior Engineer, Bidhya Ratna Bajracharya

 There are various problems with in the country regarding the development process and other progressive works. KU stands out among those masses which actually sets its mind for the development works and plans for future orientation. KU is regarded as one of the leading institutions that produce hundreds of engineers and scientists every year. In order to produce such students, proper physical facilities and resources are required. If we see the construction sites today, there are three projects currently running these days. Auto mechanical training labs which are especially targeted to the local people of Bakhundole and nearby areas. Similarly other projects like hostels extension and swimming pool for the students are going on.

Master plan of KU 

As the construction works are going on as per master plan, there are various things to be considered by the university administration. It should be futuristic and think about problems that may arise in coming days. During the visit we can seen lacking part of the university's master plan which is also noticed by one of the faculties of Civil Engineering Er. Prof. Ananta Raj Baidhya and shares with us while our visit that are lacking portions in KU's master plan.

Civil Engineer, Ananta Raj Baidhya, Visiting Faculty, KU

According to him, university should be disabled friendly which is not seen much as a concern by the university administration. This issue can be a major problem as there are over fifteen hundred students that are studying and if they are injured or physically disabled but mentally talented then where are those students going to continue their further studies? Isn't that university's responsibility to look after such students and thier viability to reach at least to the classes? So there is a serious issue about disabled friendly university. If more than half of master plan's work has finished already, isn't there any possibility to start fresh ideas about building disabled friendly buildings from tomorrow?

Ongoing construction prroject

If we can build an international standard university for those who can easily move according to their ease, then why can't we think about those who can move accordingly but get stuck due to unavailability of proper university area or resources? The landscapes of Dhulikhel according to Bajracharya was steep hill which was later cut off to make a plane land. It was developed to make an international level university accordingly. So its not very difficult to make few more changes to make it disabled friendly university says Ananta Raj Baidhya. If this work is done then we can have a better university for those mentally fit students who are challenged physically.

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