Wardha Guardian Minister Bhoyar celebrates Diwali with persons with disabilities, distributes faral kits

A Diwali get-together was held with persons with disabilities at Kelkarwadi in Wardha. Guardian Minister Dr Pankaj Bhoyar, present at the event, spoke with them and distributed faral kits. He said the government is always committed to the welfare of persons with disabilities.

Those present included former MP Ramdas Tadas, municipal council construction committee chairperson Rakhi Pande, Sanjay Gate, disability organisation president Sanjay Jadhav, labour leader Milind Deshpande, Bhojraj Patil, Ravindra Shende and Kamlakar Nimbalkar, among many others.

The Guardian Minister said the state government has set up a separate department for the welfare of persons with disabilities so that they get the real benefit of government schemes. Through this department, the benefits of various schemes for them are being delivered. Persons with disabilities have also been included in the Sanjay Gandhi Niradhar Yojana. He also said a special fund has been set aside for their welfare within the District Planning Committee funds.

Dr Bhoyar said that for many years the 5 per cent set aside for persons with disabilities under the cess fund scheme of local bodies had not been getting spent. That money is now being spent, so they are getting real benefit. He said schemes useful to the district's persons with disabilities are being run from this fund.

Camps are held to give free aids to those who are physically disabled and lack equipment. The Guardian Minister said a special camp for the benefit of aids would soon be held in the district. At the event, faral kits were handed to persons with disabilities by the Guardian Minister. A large number of persons with disabilities attended.