Student volunteers including NCC Cadets, Scouts and Guides aid needy at 2,905 polling booths Mysore/Mysuru: Specially-abled and elderly people made a beeline to cast their vote for the Assembly election this morning. The specially-abled who came in three-wheelers to Polling Station, were helped at all the 2,905 booths in wheelchair, by student volunteers including NCC…
First dose of jab for specially-abled
May 24, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The first dose of COVID vaccine to specially-abled persons aged 18 to 44 years began at the District Disability Rehabilitation Centre at Tilaknagar here this morning. The drive has been organised by Department for Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens, which will go on for a few days. The Mobile Medical Unit, headed…
Separate Court for specially-abled people soon
January 5, 2020Vikala Vikasa Louis Braille award conferred on Dr.N. Dasharath Mysuru: Marking World Braille-Day commemorating the birth anniversary of Louis Braille, the inventor of the Braille language for the visually impaired, Vikala Vikasa Trust had organised a programme at Patrakarthara Bhavan here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Member-Secretary B.P. Devamane disclosed…
Specially-abled seek fulfilment of demands
November 29, 2019Mysuru: Specially-abled activists working for the rehabilitation of the disabled in rural and urban areas, staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Wednesday seeking fulfilment of their various demands. Pointing out that as per the 2011 census there are over 13 lakh disabled families in the State, the protestors maintained…
Camps to distribute aids to specially-abled
June 4, 2019Mysuru: The District Administration and ALIMCO (Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India), Bengaluru, have decided to hold Taluk-level camps for distribution of aids to specially-abled persons and identification of beneficiaries at the following places across the district in the month of June. A decision to this effect was taken at the meeting chaired by Additional…
Awareness on misuse of facilities for specially-abled
December 5, 2017Mysuru: ‘Yuva Bharat,’ a city-based organisation, yesterday conducted an awareness programme for those misusing the vehicle parking space reserved for the specially-abled in city. The members of Yuva Bharat identified 30 such parking spaces in the city which had been occupied by normal people. The programme was started from the RTO (West) office where the…
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