Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh today agreed to waive entry fee for speech and hearing impaired persons in museums and parks. He gave the assurance responding to the plea of a group of speech and hearing impaired school students at a function here.

The students through sign language communicated that they cannot afford entry fee when they visit museums. They also appealed to Ramesh that an interpreter with the knowledge of sign language be made available at museums to assist them.

Ramesh was launching a special nature camp for these disadvantaged students from the four southern states at the Bannerghatta Biological Park on the city outskirts. Twenty students from select schools in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and hosts Karnataka are attending the four-day camp where they would be given insights into environment issues and ecological importance of forest.