Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thavar Chand Gehlot distributed life assisting equipment to 450 disabled in Haridwar district as part of Rashtriya Vayoshree Yojna of Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment at a function held at Rishikul ground in Haridwar.
Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said, “Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi is clear in his thoughts that the government belongs to those people who are economically and socially weak. The constitution of India gives priority to disabled and economically poor.” In the last four years, 50 times more camps were held which benefitted the deserving people. CM directed the district administration to make people aware about the welfare schemes run for disabled and other welfare schemes run by the central as well as the state governments so that maximum number of people could be benefitted.
The Chief Minister said that anybody can lodge complaint on toll free number 1905.
Union minister Mr. Thavar Chand Gehlot said, “in the last four years, equipment worth Rs.600 crore have been distributed amongst 11 lakh Divyangs of the country and 70,000 camps have been organized for them.”
He said that Rashtriya Vayoshree Yojna was started last year in which 260 districts of the country have been chosen. Under this scheme, a total of 43,000 old disabled have been given equipment as per their requirement. More than 80 per cent of the disabled have been provided with motorized tri-cycles. T
The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment provides disabled with wheel chairs, tri-cycles, crutches, hearing aids, spectacles, laptop to students and smart phone. It has been decided to provide equipment worth Rs.7000 to each deserving person. The government is also providing grant for the treatment of children who are deaf and dumb.
