The State government has ordered allocation of Rs.5 lakh from the
constituency development fund of each MLA for providing free assistive
devices to differently abled persons in their respective constituencies,
said T.P. Poonachi, Minister for Khadi and Village Industries, here on
Saturday.
T.P. Poonachi, Minister for Khadi and Village Industries, at the medical camp in
Tiruchi on Saturday.
Inaugurating a special medical camp to assess the requirements of
differently abled persons in Srirangam, Mr.Poonachi said differently
abled persons, based on their requirements, would be provided tricycles,
wheel chairs, artificial limbs, callipers, hearing aids, Braille
watches, and other devices.
In each constituency, two severely disabled students or employed persons
will be provided with motorised tricycles and two differently abled
persons will be given modern hearing aids.
In Tiruchi district, 9,897 differently abled persons have been provided
with welfare assistance worth Rs.12.07 crore during 2012-13. The
government has removed the income ceiling for differently abled persons
undergoing treatment under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health
Insurance Scheme.
The government subsidy for self-employment for differently abled persons has been hiked to Rs.10,000 from Rs.3,000, he said.
As many as 492 differently abled persons participated in the medical
camp and were screened by a team of doctors to assess their
requirements. They will be provided with assistive devices based on the
recommendations of the medical team. Seven differently abled persons
were handed over motorised tailoring machines on the occasion.
R.Manoharan, chief government whip, Jayashree Muralidharan, Collector,
and A.Jaya, Mayor, participated.
Source : The Hindu , Tiruchi ( 14th April 2013 )
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