Nizamabad: Top priority to welfare of differently abled persons

Taking part in a meeting of the District Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Tuesday, Chitra Mishra said officials of various departments have been instructed to protect the rights of differently abled persons.

Nizamabad: Stating that the district administration was giving top priority to the welfare of differently abled persons, Additional Collector Chitra Mishra informed that measures were being taken to ensure that the benefit of all the government welfare schemes reaches them and that 5 percent of the two-bedroom houses were allotted to them.

Taking part in a meeting of the District Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Tuesday, Chitra Mishra said officials of various departments have been instructed to protect the rights of differently abled persons.

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The government was trying to resolve the issues being faced by differently abled persons by holding regular meetings, she said.

She urged differently abled persons to take advantage of the care center specially set up for the disabled at the Government General Hospital in the district centre.