Haryana Government will soon provide facility of free travel in buses to persons with disability certificate of 60 per cent or above.
This decision will benefit 1.48 lakh people, said Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Krishan Kumar, while speaking at first State-level NGO Sammelan in Kurukshetra on Friday.
The NGO Sammelan was organised as part of the Swarna Jayanti celebrations of the state.
The Minister said Haryana was the first State where 24 lakh beneficiaries were being provided with benefits through online system.
He said the State Government would soon appoint staff of Social Justice and Empowerment Department at block level to facilitate elderly persons, those with disabilities and other beneficiaries.
The Minister said in view of inconvenience to elderly persons, medical board would be constituted at district level for assessment of age.