SPECIAL CAMPS FOR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED FROM JUNE 4 TO 14 IN LUDHIANA DISTRICT

LUDHIANA, MAY 20, 2018: In order to extend helping hand to the persons with disability in Ludhiana, Member of Parliament (MP) Ravneet Singh Bittu has come forward and announced to hold special camps for them in all legislative constituencies of the district from June 4 to 14.

In these special camps, the wheelchairs, tricycles, hearing aid, speaking devices, artificial limbs and other things will be distributed among them at free of cost.

MP Bittu said that experts of Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) will come and prepare a list of things after assessing the extent the need of differently-people who will take part in the camps and all these things will be given to them within three months.

MP said Punjab's social security, women and child development department is an executive agency of these camps.

Bittu also added that under the assistance of special abled persons for purchasing, fitting of aids, appliances (ADIP) scheme of the union government, differently-abled cards will also be issued.

Revealing about the schedule of the camps, he said that on June 4, camp will be held at Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar Sahib-Ward No-37 (Ludhiana South Constituency), on June 5 in United Cycles Parts Palace, Gill road (Atam Nagar constituency) on June 6 in Modal Gram Community Centre, Kochar Market (Ludhiana west), on June 7 in King Palace, Basti Jodhewal (Ludhiana Central), on June 8 in Ludhiana North, on May 11 in GLADA community centre (Ludhiana East), on June 12 in Gill Gardren Resorts (Gill Constituency), on June 13 in Dr. Ambedkar Bhawan (Dakha Constituency) and the last camp will be held in Vimal Muni Hall, Sadar Market, Jagraon on June 14 in Jagraon constituency.

Meanwhile, he asked all MLAs, Councillors, political leaders, officials to embark on a special awareness campaign in the district to apprise the people about this exercise so that they could avail the benefit of this drive.

Exhorting the people to take full benefit of this camp, he said that any person from the district could come to this camp for relief adding that this would give much-needed relief to the needy people.