On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Mukta Akash, an organisation for the welfare of the disabled, and the Odisha Drusthiheena Seva Kendra jointly held an awareness campaign here to sensitise the public to help development of the disabled.
Hundreds of members of both the organisations went in a procession up to the Sub-Collector’s office en route the Khallikote College. The programme was inaugurated by city Mayor K Madhavi and Ganjam district BJD president Subash Maharana.
The members submitted a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister through the Sub-Collector in support of their five-point charter of demands. The demands included rehabilitation of all disabled persons who are affected by the cyclone Phailin, supply of residential houses and mutation of lands to the homeless disabled, increase in the monthly pension from Rs 300 to Rs 1,000, implementation of the reservation policy for the disabled and implementation of laws relating to the disabled.
The procession was led by Mukta Akash secretary Narayan Sahu and Odisha Drusthiheena Seva Kendra secretary BS Padhy.