The Delhi Government is planning to launch Capital’s first half way home to streamline mentally challenged people in the employment sector. With the start of the pilot project, the Government aims to commission the home with 40-bed capacity at Rohini sector-3 within four months.

For this, the officials from department of Social Welfare are seeking suggestions and opinion from the NGOs based at Jaipur, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.

A senior Government official said, “This is Government’s pilot project to start with Delhi’s first half way home for the mentally challenged people to make them success in the employment sector.” Currently, Costa Coffee hires mentally retarded employees to its chain, he added.

Besides, they will be provided with proper counselling, yoga mediation classes, sports, security and medical treatment to deal with their job and prosper in employment sector.

“These people will be provided with employment opportunity in field of garments, crafts, hospitalization and even others to according to their capability,” the official said. 

For the quick response for commissioning the half way home, the Government is likely to conduct a meeting on September 21 with NGO officials. After the training session, the mentally retarded people will move back to their house so that they can spend time with their family as well.

Experts said it is the human nature of people to sideline mentally retarded and differently -abled people thinking that these people cannot do anything. The Government is just trying to eliminate this thinking of society, they said.

It is understood that once things go smooth in a Rohini, the Government has spotted three other sites at Rohini sector 22, IFC Narela with 25 bed strength each and for 50 beds at Dwarka sector-3.