PANJIM, June 21 -- VITHALDAS HEGDE[email protected]

From being unable to enter village panchayat offices to being stranded on the ground floor during court battles, the daily institutional exclusion of Goa's disability community has taken centre stage amidst the State's new retrofitting push.

While authorities highlight ongoing accessibility audits across 800 educational and administrative facilities, grassroots testimonies paint a darker picture of systemic neglect. Activists are now demanding immediate, independent expert audits, revealing that multi-crore public projects still leave wheelchair-bound users completely stranded outside counting halls and public restrooms.

While, the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilitie...