The differently-abled persons should never consider themselves as weak. They are one of the main segments of the society and also have the right to be honoured, stated Chairman of Municipal Council, Gariaband, Mileshwari Sahu.
She was speaking in a programme organised to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, held at Gariaband district headquarters here.
Different kinds of assistive equipments like hearing aids, tricycle and school bags were also distributed among needy ones.
District Collector Niranjan Das who was also present on the occasion said that differently-abled persons have won leading places in our society and have also succeeded in administrative services.
“Differently-abled persons are generally more sensitive and the State Government has provisioned six per cent reservation of jobs for them in Government service. They are also given priority in business and trade,” the Collector mentioned and called upon differently-abled persons to draw maximum benefits from various schemes run by Social Welfare Department.
The children who had won prizes in various sports and cultural events were also honoured.