Tribune News Service

Karnal, July 22

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday assured a visually impaired person an assistance of Rs 50,000 and directed Deputy Commissioner Aditya Dahiya to help him become self-employed.

The CM was here on Sunday at the PWD Rest House where he heard the grievances of the people without any prior plan.

As the people came to know about the arrival of the CM, they rushed to the rest house and apprised the CM about their grievances.

Earlier this month, the Election Commission announced the launch of the electoral photo identity card (EPIC) in braille for millions of India’s visually impaired citizens.

Taking the initiative one step further, the braille EPIC cards were issued to three visually impaired voters in Karnataka in a bid to make the voting process a lot more inclusive.

Irrapa Hejagar from Gokak in Belagavi, Basvaraj from Jewargi in Kalburgi and Vina from Harihar received their braille EPIC cards from senior officials of the Karnataka election commission.

This Brilliant Project Is Making Education Accessible To India’s Visually Impaired.

Have you ever browsed the internet, our most basic need today, while being blindfolded? You would ask, what’s even the use of that? You might think that for a visually impaired person, the crucible of information that is the internet, is too far away from grasp.

Most of the information we consume is based on visual cues. From signboards on the roads to captcha filling on the internet, the world is set around a majority of people who are fully abled.
 

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