Minister Khader appeals people to make use of govt. programmes
Physically disabled distributed two-wheelers and other equipment
Mangaluru, July 15: Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader said that eligible physically challenged people should make use of the government programmes as the government has been introducing various programmes for their welfare.
Giving away two-wheelers and other equipment to the physically disabled beneficiaries at the zilla panchayat hall here on Sunday, he said that the government has been introducing various programmes to make the physically disabled self-reliant. So, the needy people should get the benefit. Physically disabled should not be deprived of modern technology. In order to help them lead a good life, the government has been giving required equipment like talking laptop, hearing aids and others, he said.
Two-wheelers were distributed to 91 physically disabled, talking laptops to eight visually challenged students, 15 wheelchairs, 50 hearing aids, one braille watch, 10 walkers, three waterbeds, 40 petty shops and others on the occasion.
ZP vice president Kasturi Panja, social justice standing committee president Janardhan, DHO Dr Ramakrishna Rao, woman and child welfare department deputy director Sundara Poojary, district children’s protection officer Usman, Mangaluru taluk panchayat president Muhammad Monu, physically disabled welfare officer Yamuna and others were present.
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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
