Observing the International Day of People with Disability, the RIE-SSA in association with Gajapati District Social Security and Empowerment of PWD and the Centre for Community Development conducted an event on Thursday.
“We have built a special building for the blind with the cost of Rs 15 lakh for their study purposes. Free bus passes have also been distributed to the disable persons only in Gajapati district,” informed District
Collector Mansi Nimbhal, attending as chief guest.
CDMO Dr NM Jena was present as chief speaker and said, “Disable is a natural process in our life, we must look the ability in us and try to implement our talents in various ways.”
The minimum development goal strategies for the International Day of People with Disability are, hunger eradication, achieving primary education universally, reducing child mortality, combat HIV aids and other diseases etc, Jena said.
He also said, “We need to work together from grass root level to International level for the development of the disable persons.”
Two visually-challenged persons Prafula Kumar Mohapatra and limma Bhuyan were felicitated for their services towards the disable persons for more than 11 Years.
More than 200 disabled children and adults of the district joined in the event.