More than 1,000 deaf and dumb students from different States enjoyed sight seeing at different spots of Raipur city including Purkhauti Muktangan, Kaivalyadham, Vivekanad Sarovar and Naya Raipur on the second day of the ongoing four-day National Conference of Deaf and Dumb organised here on Tuesday.
Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal spent time with the children and blessed them on the occasion.
The children from Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, New Delhi, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh not only enjoyed the trip but also exchanged cultural ideas. This is the first conference of its type and organised by Chhattisgarh branch of Mahaveer International. The children will also get different types of training for skill and personality development.
Apart from the deaf and dumb students, a number of professionals are also participating in the programme who have become a source of inspiration for the general public despite their disabilities, said International Vice-President of Mahaveer International, lokesh Kavadia
The conference was inaugurated by State Home Minister Ramsewak Paikra. School Education Minister Kedar Kashyap and Women and Child Development Minister Ramsheela Sahu also visited the conference and blessed the children.
Kavadia informed that the deaf and dumb children are being training for self-employment besides training in art. A number of contests like drawing, painting, handicrafts, news reporting and quiz competitions are the part of four-day conference.