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Ministers, MLAs and elected representatives participated successful the motorboat of ‘Divyanga Shakti,’ the escaped autobus thrust installation for persons with disabilities, successful Nandyal, Kurnool and Anantapur districts.
In Nandyal, Minister for Minorities Welfare N. Md. Farooq launched the strategy successful the beingness of Joint Collector K. Karthik and RTC officials.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. Farooq said the strategy is portion of the prestigious ‘Indradanassu’ programme of the State government, intended to supply adjacent opportunities and aforesaid respect to persons with disabilities. Mr. Farooq said the escaped autobus strategy volition alteration persons with disabilities to question freely connected RTC buses, thereby reducing load connected them. This volition besides springiness them the state to question for their acadmeic, employment and aesculapian needs.
“The strategy volition amended the surviving standards of persons with disabilities,” helium said.
Mr. Karthik said persons with disabilities tin question for escaped connected metropolis buses, Palle Velugu, Ultra Palle Velugu, Metro Express and Express buses. Attendants who question on with the persons with disabilities volition get 50% discount connected summons fare, helium said. Persons with disabilities travelling successful Premium AC and Deluxe buses volition get 50% discount connected summons fare.
Mr. Farooq and Mr. Karthik travelled connected a autobus on with the persons with disabilities connected the juncture of the launch.
Launching the strategy astatine Banaganapalle, Minister for Roads and Buildings B.C. Janardhan Reddy said Divyanga Shakti strategy is an Ugadi acquisition to persons with disabilities. “We person promised to springiness a respectable presumption and adjacent opportunities to persons with disabilities and we person fulfilled our promise,” helium said adding that each the Super Six assurances person been implemented successfully.
Mr. Janardhan Reddy said the State authorities volition beryllium incurring a outgo of ₹207 crore by implementing the scheme.
Launching the strategy successful Kurnool, Kurnool Urban Development Authority Chairperson Somisetty Venkateswarlu said the authorities is committed to the payment of the mediocre and the Super Six schemes were designed to uplift and empower the poor. Collector A. Siri said 30,150 radical with disabilites were being fixed monthly pensions astatine their doorstep each period and soon motorised tricycles volition beryllium fixed to 70 beneficiaries.
In Anantapur, MLA Daggubati Venkateswara Prasad and Collector O. Anand launched the scheme.
