Special camps for distributing assistive devices for
differently abled is to be conducted in the six Assembly constituencies
of the district under MLA’s development funds.
Tricycles,
wheelchairs, foldable wheelchairs, plastic and metal callipers, goggles
and folding sticks, electronic talking watches(for visually impaired),
hearing aids, artificial limbs, and scooters, would be disbursed at the
camps.
The camps would be held as per the following schedule from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. : Keezhvelur Assembly constituency, November 30; Sirkazhi Assembly constituency, December 4; Vedaranyam constituency, December 6; Sembanarkoil BDO’s office for Poompuhar Assembly constituency, December 11;
Mayiladuthurai Assembly constituency, December 13; Nagapattinam Assembly constituency at Nagapattinam BDO’s office, December 19.
Applications for monthly assistance for differently abled, assistance for entrepreneurial ventures of differently abled, and subsidy-cum-bank assistance for new ventures would also be taken up at the camps.
National identity cards for differently abled would also disbursed at these camps, a press release issued here said.
Source : The Hindu , 27th Nov 2013
Source : The Hindu , 27th Nov 2013
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