The Bhinnakshtyam Adhikar Mancha State chapter has submitted a memorandum to Disability Welfare Minister Pranab Prakash Das seeking the Government intervention to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilise support for the dignity, rights and wellbeing of persons with disabilities (PWDs).
Submitting a fresh memorandum to the Minister, the Mancha urged the Minister to ensure surgical and medicinal appliances in every district hospitals for treatment of PWDs to prevent and check disability, replacement of Bhinnakshyam word for Bikalanga in pension form and public transporting (train), increment of disability pension from Rs300 to Rs1,000 per month, allotment of IAY/Mo Kudia Yojana to all poor PWDs, establishment of State Handicapped Financial Development Corporation (SHFDC) in the line of National Handicapped Financial Development Corporation, establishment of at least five special ITI schools in five zones of State for PWDs, provision of three per cent reservation in employment for PWDs in Government and PSU sectors, and ramp facilities at public places for easy communication and travel.