Mangalore, December 4: The society has the responsibility of instilling confidence among disabled children for their better future. The government officials should not find faults in the projects but they have to take initiative to help differently abled people, said Karnataka Assembly Deputy Speaker N Yogish Bhat.
Addressing a gathering after inaugurating 'Vishwa Vikalachethanara Dinacharane- 2011' organised by Dakshina Kannada district administration, Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat, Women and Child Welfare Department, Disabled and Seniors Citizens' Empowerment Department, District Legal Service Authority, Public Education Department and Sarva Shikshana Abhiyana and other organisations at Town Hall on Saturday, he lauded the efforts of teachers who work in the schools for differently abled.
The teachers of special schools help a lot to disabled children to lead a normal life. Hence, they have to get more support from the government as well as public, he said.
Stressing the need to open more residential schools for the disabled, he said that the differently abled should be given certificate irrespective of whether they belong to Above Poverty Line (APL) or Below Poverty Line (BPL).
Dakshina Kannada district Chief Executive Officer Dr K N Vijay Prakash said that, the Disabled Day celebration should have some meaning and they should get better life. He also promised to take steps to speed up the process of issuing disability certificate as well as income certificate. “It is mandatory for local authorities to keep 3 per cent of their total income for the welfare of disabled,” he added.
DC Channappa Gowda informed that, 16,000 people have been identified as physically disabled in the district. Puttur and Belthangady taluks have more number of disabled persons compared with other taluks in the district.
Karnataka State Balabhavan Society President Sulochana G K Bhat, DK and Udupi District Disabled Organisation President Dr Muralidhar Nayak, DK District Disabled Federation President Dinesh Shetty, B G Educational and Charitable Trust President B G Ganesh and others were present.
As a part of the celebrations, 'Saanidhya' Special School Secretary Vasanth Kumar Shetty and Dr Arun Rao were felicitated. The disabled sports talents who won medals at Athens in Greece in 2011 - Royston Pinto, Anil Medonca and Dhanya S Rao were felicitated on the occasion. Meanwhile, five wheelchairs sponsored by District Disablity Rehabilitation Centre were distributed to the needy children.
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