The Central Government will provide all necessary assistance for welfare of differently abled persons in Chhattisgarh, assured Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot who was in Raipur on Friday.
He took part in taking over ceremony of newly-appointed Chairman of Chhattisgarh State Scheduled Caste Commission Ramji Bharti. He extended his best wishes to Bharti after he assumed charge.
Addressing the gathering, Gehlot informed that the Central government has sanctioned Rs2 crore for establishing a special college for deaf persons in Chhattisgarh and Rs 56 lakh for setting up of Braille Press in Raipur.
According to the Union Minister, Rs3 crore has also been sanctioned for Cochlear implant of 50 audio impaired children and on every child about Rs6 lakhs would be spent.
He further informed that a Composite Regional Center will be opened at Rajnandgaon for differently abled persons and very soon a survey would be undertaken with help of the State Government in Chhattisgarh for providing universal identity to these people.