Through the column of your newspaper, I would like to draw the reader’s attention towards the installation of tactile path (tenji blocks) in public places. A research on visually impaired people shows that 7% of people are completely visually disabled and cannot see anything, while the rest 93% are visually impaired or visually correct. It’s our social responsibility to help the visually impaired people of the society. Tactile paths are the best way to help these people. These are tiny blocks of dark colours, like red and yellow. This helps visually impaired people to locate their direction some through patterns of colours on the blocks. These tenji blocks are very necessary in public places such as footpaths, parks, and shopping malls, because if we can’t help those people, with these tenji blocks they can guide themselves. In western countries these blocks are being used since the 90’s. Unfortunately, in our country we always talk about mainstream topics but neglect these important issues.
These people are an asset of Pakistan. I hope these paving these blocks will reduce some of their problems.
Adnan Khan
Karachi
