Footpath

Footpath

Yellow tactile paving designed to guide visually impaired pedestrians is obstructed by an advertising frame, electric poles and other encroachments on a footpath in Kalabagan, Dhaka. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Tactile paving missing, obstructed: How Dhaka footpaths fail the visually impaired

According to the Department of Social Services, Bangladesh has 36.34 lakh people with disabilities, including nearly 500,000 visually impaired people.