Fillip for senior citizens, differently-abled persons in Prakasam district
The Hindu
Prakasam district Collector A. Tamim Ansaria has recently handed over wheelchairs and hearing aids to persons with disabilities. Sheikh Rafiq of Ongole received the wheelchair, while Padmanabham Suresh of Marripudi mandal and Muttur Seenu of Ballikurava village recieved hearing aids.
Prakasam district Collector A. Tamim Ansaria has recently handed over wheelchairs and hearing aids to persons with disabilities.
Sheikh Rafiq of Ongole received the wheelchair, while Padmanabham Suresh of Marripudi mandal and Muttur Seenu of Ballikurava village recieved hearing aids.
She directed the Department for the Welfare of Differently-abled, transgender and senior citizens to issue wheelchairs and hearing aids to all the applicants.
“Over ₹30.11 lakh worth of assistive aids and appliances, including battery-operated tricycles, were given to the differently-abled persons at a distribution camp organised at Markapuram in February this year. Several assessment camps have been organised in the constituency since 2020 to identify these beneficiaries and their mobility needs,” Ms Archana told The Hindu.
“As many as 80 retrofitted motorised three-wheeler vehicles worth ₹96 lakh were distributed to the beneficiaries across eight constituencies of the district (10 vehicles to each constituency). About 990 tricycles were manufactured for free distribution to differently-abled persons. So far, 400 tricycles were supplied to Krishna, Guntur, West Godavari and Prakasam districts,” she informed.
In 2023-24, around ₹8.12 lakh worth of aids and appliances, including 42 tricyles, 15 laptops and 27 hearing aids, were distributed to the beneficiaries in Prakasam district.
In 2022-23, ₹57 lakh worth of aids and appliances, including 68 battery-operated vehicles, 80 tricycles, 38 laptops, 28 smartphones and 140 hearing aids, were given to the beneficiaries in the district.
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