Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that an extensive public awareness campaign should be launched for de-addiction. Active support of social workers, voluntary organizations and public representatives should be taken in the campaign.
Chouhan was addressing the review meeting of Social Justice and Disabled Welfare Department.
Among those who took part in the meeting were Minister for Animal Husbandry, Social Welfare and Disabled Welfare Prem Singh Patel, Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, Principal Secretary Finance Manoj Govil, Principal Secretary Social Justice and Disabled Welfare Prateek Hajela and Director Swatantra Singh.
Chouhan said that when schools and colleges begin functioning, awareness campaign should be conducted there under the de-addiction campaign, with the help of voluntary organizations.
Documentary films should be produced and screened on a wide scale. Well-known personalities of the state and country should also be linked to this campaign.
He directed that the Disabled Rehabilitation Centres operating at the district level should be strengthened. Their identity should be established. At the divisional level, these centers should be developed as Centres of Excellence.
Chouhan said that physiotherapy centres should be developed in district hospitals in 10 divisional headquarters of the state for the differently abled and senior citizens, He said that active support of social organizations and personalities should be taken in all the centres being run for the elderly and differently-abled. Elite citizens of the society should visit and celebrate their wedding anniversary, birthday etc. at old age homes. People should be motivated to organize such events.
Expressing his consent to the proposals of Social Welfare and Disabled Welfare Minister Prem Singh Patel, Chief Minister Chouhan said that efforts should be made to provide employment to the differently abled in the private sector. Differently abled persons who are unemployed should be imparted training and provided employment. Efforts should be made to provide space and opportunities for the sale of materials manufactured by the differently abled.
In the meeting it was informed that 5 lakh 45 thousand UDIDs cards have been made for differently abled people in the state. in this work, the state occupies the second place in the country. In all the districts, information about the preventive measures against Corona has been provided in Braille script for the visually impaired. All 76 old age homes were continued operations during the Corona period with the help of voluntary organizations.