As the Narendra Modi Government is completing nine years in office this month, Aakashwani News is bringing a series of special stories on the initiatives taken by the government. Today, we take a look at progress of the Accessible India Campaign or Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan.<br />”<br />”&nbsp;In the last nine years, the Narendra Modi government has taken several steps for the welfare and development of divyangjan in the country.&nbsp; AIR correspondent reports that in this direction, the government launched a flagship campaign – Accessible India Campaign on 3rd December 2015 which focuses on enhancing the accessibility of Built up Environment, Transportation system and Information and Communication Technology ecosystem to make the life of Persons with Disabilities more convenient.&nbsp; More from our correspondent.<br />”<br />”The Accessible India Campaign aims at formalizing the process of creating a barrier-free environment and providing a friendly access to divyangjan in public facilities and places. Addressing All India Mayors' Conference via video conference in Varanasi in 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked Mayors to see that every facility in their city is divyang friendly as per Accessible India Campaign.<br />”<br />”PM Modi says, whatever are the needs of Divyangjan be it construction of any new building or construction of new roads and cross sections, hew will get everything done according to Divyangjan under Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan. or Accessible India Campaign. Since the launch of the campaign, over 1700 Central and State buildings and 700 railway stations have been made accessible for Divyangjan. Besides all 35 international and 55 domestic airports are equipped with accessibility features like ramps and lifts with Braille and auditory information systems.<br />”<br />”PM says we will have to make disabled people a part of all our development plans, there will be a place for disabled people in the society, toilets will be made according to disabled people, roads and buses will be made according to disabled people, the problems of disabled people will be taken into account. He says we should make our city an economically vibrant hub. He says new places should be identified to set up industries so that labourers should get places to live near their workplaces. PM Modi also says we will have to keep an integrated and holistic approach in our development&nbsp;model.&nbsp;<br />”<br />”He explains all about PM SVANidhi Yojana to all mayors and requests them to help all the street vendors,&nbsp;<span style="color: #373737;">hawkers, thelewala, rehriwala, theliphadwala etc near them by explaining to them about the benefits of&nbsp;</span>PM SVANidhi Yojana. PM also talks about the importance of street vendors,&nbsp;<span style="color: #373737;">hawkers, thelewala, rehriwala, theliphadwala etc. in every person's daily life. He also talks about street vendors, vegetable sellers and all other vendors daily life struggles.&nbsp;<br />”<br />”PM says once small vendors and labourers will learn about&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #222222;">PM SVANidhi Yojana, they will be able to do well, take care of their children's studies, sell good quality stock, may start good and bigger businesses and may also provide good services to people of the city. He also says if small vendors and labourers get to learn about how the things are done digitally, they will get the opportunity to expand their businesses in lesser or maybe at 0% interest rate. He requests everyone to give their suggestions of what can be done for the welfare of the people of Kashi.</span><br />