The Baleswar district administration with THE assistance of the National Insurance Company Limited distributed tricycles, wheelchairs, hearing machines and brail sticks to as many as 128 Divyangs at the Utkal Balashram here on Wednesday.
District collector Ramesh Rout distributed the appliances provided by the NICL under its CSR programme. The Collector said a resource centre would be built on a patch of 20 acres of land for the differently-abled persons of the district soon.
NICL Regional Manager Sukanta Mishra, District Social Security Officer Kamlakanta Behera, DIPRO Subash Nihal, NICL Diviosnal Manager Girish Kumar Sahu, representatives of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Rabindranath Mishra, Rajkishor Sahu and Gurudutt Lenka were present, among others.