DMK strives hard to uphold the rights of differently abled, says TN Dy CM

The DMK government has been striving hard to uphold the rights of differently abled persons in education employment and in doling out welfare measures Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin said on FridayThe government under Chief Minister M K Stalin was working on various ways to improve the lives of the differently abled persons who were examples of selfconfidence and perseverance he saidApart from providing education assistance of Rs 2000 to Rs 1 lakh to differently abled to pursue school education and higher studies as well the government attached great importance to them in sportsIn particular we have so far provided up to Rs 5 crore to about 200 differently abled students to participate in sports competitions held abroad through the Tamil Nadu Champions Foundation Similarly our government has so far disbursed Rs 25 crore as prize money to 200 athletes who won medals in international and national competitions Udhayanidhi said in a statement hereThe CM has provided employment opportunities to differently abled athletes and during last year alone the government gave jobs to 5 differently abled athletesThis time the Chief Minister has set a target of providing government jobs to 20 differentlyabled athletes through the sports department We will definitely achieve it he addedEarlier he distributed assistive devices including artificial legs and batterypowered fourwheelers to 300 differentlyabled persons under the corporate social responsibility CSR initiative of the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited and flagged off a modern sewagepowered vehicle worth Rs 150 croreSpeaking at the event he said the state government bestowed much attention to improve the lot of the differently abled He recalled that it had recently launched 840 lowfloor buses across Tamil Nadu for the benefit of this sectionOur Dravidian model government is also working in various ways to uphold the rights of differently abled people The DMK has started a new wing for differently abled persons Udhayanidhi said and hailed the differently abled as examples of selfconfidence and perseveranceThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever