Dehradun: More than 30,000 disabled people will stage an indefinite protest, 'Divyaang kranti aandolan', at the Parade Ground here on Sunday against the state government for ignoring their demands for over four years in a row. Representatives of disabled associations said they have made submissions to various ministers with as many as 19 demands but none of them has been approved by the state. Members of as many as 30 different disabled associations from across the state will join the protest.
On Saturday, the heads of these associations conducted a joint media conference at Press Club, sharing the difficulties they were facing. They said if state government announces a deadline to to meet their demands, then they might consider calling off the strike. If not, they would stay put at the Parade Ground. They said they are neither being heard by the social welfare department nor health department and claimed ministers keep on giving them false assurance.
Speaking with the media, organiser of Divyaang Kranti Aandolan, Sandeep Arora, said, "The first and foremost demand is to set up a Divyaang commission so that disparity against any disabled person doesn't go unrecorded or not punished. Also, we want an increment in the pension from Rs 800 to Rs 3,000 a month. Education and rehabilitation of school-going disabled children and providing vocational training to those children who have completed class IX."
All these demands, they said, would help in bringing the disabled people into mainstream else, these people remain on the fringes of society and ignored. They also demanded opening of a university for deaf and mute people at Haridwar so that maximum disabled children get education up to highest possible level for leading a better life.
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