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26 November 2015
Disabled couple forced to crawl down staircase
A disabled couple has to crawl their way down from their flat every morning – because of foot-dragging by the management in fixing a faulty lift button.
A Thangarajoo, 44, who is wheelchair-bound, said he lives on the first floor of Block C, which is a block specially for disabled families, at PPR Taman Wahyu 2 in Kuala Lumpur.
As the lift button for his floor is not working, Rajoo and his wife, M Blle, 44, have to crawl down two flights of staircases every morning to get to work.
“I would be able to bear with it if the staircase is clean – but it’s filthy. There are all kinds of things, like urine, cat faeces, food leftovers and spit,” said Thangarajoo, a former national paralympic tennis player who is widely known as Rajoo.
Rajoo said damaged lifts were normally quickly fixed as there would be a torrent of complaints from residents at the 17-storey public housing flat. However, as this was only a damaged button on the first floor, the management does not see any urgency in fixing it.
There was also a new lift at his block, but it was not functional yet.
Rajoo said the lift he uses daily was damaged two days before Deepavali and he had been complaining about it to the management on a daily basis.
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For a week now, Rajoo and Blle would crawl down the staircase and their niece would then help to carry their wheelchairs and other necessities down for them.
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/321092
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PPR Taman Wahyu 2
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What are the government efforts to assist disabled persons especially those in the low income bracket when it comes to housing?
I visited a recently designed to comply with the government policy to integrate disabled persons needs in low cost housing in Kuala Lumpur. The low cost housing developed and maintained by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall had addressed the accessibility needs of disabled persons by allocating a few units at the first floor level ( there are no units at ground level) near the lift lobby.
I would like to share some images of what I had found at PPR Selayang Taman Wahyu, near Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur.
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