Help grow wing’, a helpline for the specially abled people is going to be launched in the state capital on Tuesday. This helpline will provide an e-platform to physically challenged people from all across the state to online register themselves with their names, addresses, e-mail IDs, Cell phone numbers and so on to avail the benefits from the notified Government schemes.
This helpline is a joint initiative of Deepsikha (an NGO), Indian Medical Association (IMA) Ranchi, Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI) and Ranchi University’s Nation service Scheme (NSS). This basic aim of this helpline is to sensitize the physically challenged people and their relatives about the rights to claim the schemes of the Government as per the law and to forward their registered applications to the concerned officials of the state and central Government for remedial action on it.
This helpline will also be featured on the home page of a leading news portal. One of the officials of Deepsikha Sudha lhila said, “It is a very good initiative as for the first time a portal has included disability. We hope to provide all the available information on this portal. This portal will include regular updates on circular laws and legislation on disability.
Moreover, we will also provide guidelines on how to avail the schemes and derive its benefit which Government of India has provided to empower and mainstream them. They can also send their queries by registering the PWDs.” FJCCI feels that it is very good proposal for the upliftment of specially abled people and their community will provide round the clock help to make this helpline successful.
President of FJCCI Ranjit Tibrewal said, “Our committee will ensure their all possible help for in this plan. Moreover, we will ask the businessmen to employ such people within their firm as it will jointly help both the community (i.e. business community and disabled community).”
To spread the awareness about this helpline across the state, Ranchi University’s NSS has also extended their hand. Ranchi University’s NSS Project Coordinator Dr PK Jha said, “Our NSS unit is running within all the schools and colleges of the state. Through this unit we will spread awareness on large scale.”
Cardinal Telephore Toppo, Former Chief Minster Arjun Munda, Ramkrishna Mission’s Swami Shahshankananda, Former speaker of Jharkhand Assembly CP Singh, Ex advocate General Sohail Anwar, Chief Secretary NN Sinha are the eminent people who will be present during the unveiling event.
Founder of Jharkhand state news.com Manoj Prasad said,"I have witnessed that many family does not provide friendly environment for their disabled member which is pathetic. Though the Government receives large sum of money in the name of disabled people, but the money remains underutilized. so this helpline concept was created to help such people."