Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, July 24: District Development Commissioner (DDC), Udhampur, Dr. Piyush Singla today handed over motorized tricycles (scooties) to thirteen specially-abled persons of district in a specially organized camp by Social Welfare Department.
At the outset, District Social Welfare Officer Udhampur, Er. Sajad Bashir Somberia enlightened about the various schemes sponsored by Social Welfare Department specially meant for the welfare of specially-abled persons.
Speaking on the occasion, DDC addressed that specially-abled persons are the part and parcel of our society and every endeavor should be taken in this regard to assure the well being of specially-abled persons in the district. He detailed that the objective of providing three wheeler scooties is to empower the specially-abled persons so that they can live in society with dignity and honor and further added that this distribution is basically a drive for making the specially-abled persons independent in their life.
He also interacted with specially-abled persons and during his speech, he hailed the efforts of Social Welfare Department towards socio-economic welfare of different sections of the society and also complimented the department for organizing the motorized tricycle distribution camp amid COVID-19 pandemic.
The scooties were provided by the State Rehabilitation Council under the Social Welfare Department.
Later, DDC visited Bal Ashram and Nari Niketan and reviewed the functioning of these institutions and advised the department to make obligatory improvements required and also asked to project the necessary demands.
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