GHMC distributes free wheelchairs on World Disability Day

Hyderabad: On the occasion of World Disability Day, the Vikasam wing, UCD GHMC organized a programme and distributed wheel chairs to specially disable at People’s Plaza, Neck lace Road on Tuesday.
Speaking on the occasion, Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, said the persons those who neglect the disabled persons are the real disabled persons. Chief Minister of Telangana, K.Chandra Shekar Rao is very kind enough to sanction separate funds to the PWD. Further he said State Government funding subsidy of Rs.25, 000 to purchase Battery Try-cycles which costs 27,000.
Even a PWD who come forward to farming, or like raising fruits trees, or any other business the Government is ready to support him, the Government provides every opportunity to the PWD to stand on his own ability and the aim of the Government is to the PWD lives with dignity and able to contribute to the country in any manner like any other normal person does.
Minister, Koppula Eeshwar said around 15 GOs were released with regard to welfare schemes / development programmes for PWD , which enhances the confidence thereby become successes in any  field like, business, sports, arts and employment.         GHMC Mayor Bonthu Rammohan Rao told that the municipal corporation is making every possible activities and programmes to the PWD like a separate theme park to the PWD at Malakpet, and on the requests GHMC planning to provide such theme parks in other Zones. He expressed happiness on the seeing the school children who come to the programme in solidarity to the PWD.
Deputy Mayor Baba Fasiuddin, said the chief minister has raised the PWD pension to Rs. 3000 per month so that they can meet their daily needs without depending on other and to live dignity.