The district administration is going to make Gwalior ‘Disabled Friendly City’ by putting into operation mechanisms to make the disabled persons independent by means of providing them with services and other facilities.
In this connection, camps were held in the urban and rural areas of the city last month to identify handicapped persons in need of artificial organs, other aids and financial assistance. The District Administration is again organising camps on January 23, 24 and 25 to bring on the list those handicapped persons who were left out during the previous campaign.
Rahul Jain, the District Collector instructed the concerned officials to put aside all other engagements and concentrate on organizing these camps so that they become successful. He also asked them to arrange self -employment and employment fairs this month itself so that the disabled persons can get suitable jobs.
The President of India is scheduled to distribute artificial organs and other financial aids to the disabled persons during a special mega camp to be held in the city next month.
Speaking to the media Collector Rahul Jain said that eight special aids like spectacles, artificial teeth, walking stick, walker etc will be distributed during the camps to be held in Morar, Dabra, Bhitarwar and the JAH premises. He further said that a special self -employment and housing fair will be held in the Bal Bhawan on the 28th of this month. Giving details about the previous camps he said that 3768 handicapped persons had registered during those camps, out of which 1891 persons have been chosen to receive the aids from the President of India during the mega camp to be held on February 11.
Apart from this, social security pensions have been sanctioned for 233 disabled persons. The Collector also informed the media that 326 disabled persons have been selected for employment and 231 persons, registered for the Adhar Card.