The Zila Akshyama Samiti, an organisation of disabled persons of Nuapada district, in association with NGO World Vision, jointly organised a workshop at Khariar to campaign for Right to Equality and Opportunity of disabled persons.
The objective of the workshop was to generate awareness among the people on the rights of the disabled persons and responsibility of the State and society to work for the benefit of the disabled persons. The participants demanded that the Government should provide educational materials free of cost and Government aid to all the schools for the disabled students.
An 8-point demand was drafted by the participants, which included free materials, Government aid, vocational training, awareness building, travel allowance, exemption of college fees, free laptop and motorized tricycle to the disabled students. Khariar NAC Chairperson Khulana Behera was the chief guest. Zilla Akshyama Samity president Pradeep Agrawal and secretary Bagala Prashad Sarma were the guest of honour and chief speaker, respectively. The 8-piont charter of demands would be submitted to the Collector, Nuapada, said the organizers.