Members of the Zilla Angavikalara Kalyana Vedike launched an indefinite dharna in front of the Town Hall here on Wednesday in support of several demands, including regularisation of services of multipurpose rehabilitation workers working in taluks and villages on honorary basis and fixing salaries for them.
Demand
State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities K.V. Rajanna on Saturday expressed concern that allocations from World Bank-funded projects were not reaching the genuine beneficiaries because of lack of planning and poor implementation.
Members of the ‘All Government Job Differently Abled Welfare Association,' demanded that ramps and separate toilet facilities should be built for the differently-abled in all the government offices as part of mainstreaming them into the society.
In a monthly meeting held here in the city recently, the association demanded that the above said facilities along with separate lift facilities and wheel chairs were placed as demands before the District Collector, U. Sagayam who had asked the concerned authorities to establish those facilities in a week's time.
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