PRAYAGRAJ, March 16 -- The Allahabad high court has directed the authorities in Uttar Pradesh to ensure that proper parking spaces with clear access to facilities like lifts, pavement, playgrounds, community centres and gyms are made for persons with disability (PwD) in residential complexes.

"It is a fundamental right of a person with disability to have right to accessibility, for facilities which are common in a building or structure," the high court said.

A division bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Siddharth Nandan in their order on February 26 said the government must ensure mandatory observance of the Accessibility Rules at the stage of granting permission to build any structure and before issuance of certificate of com...