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AMRAVATI: The lackadaisical attitude of the state government in implementing the 1985 Central Government Act for the rehabilitation of physically challenged persons has resulted in around 40 lakh physically disabled in Maharashtra not getting benefits of the Act. Highlighting this fact, Paratwada MLA Bachchu Kadu, who is well-known for his unique agitations, told TOI that he would tie one leg and enter the assembly house walking on just one leg to attract the attention of the government towards the plight of the handicapped. "I will continue my agitation during the winter session of the assembly and it will last till the government takes due cognisance," he said. Even though the state government adopted the said act in 2001, red-tapism has seen that it remains in cold storage. When it could distribute 1,300 crore to physically disabled under various heads, the state distributed only 350 crore, he said. Kadu said that the act includes rehabilitation, construction of roads and living places in such a way as would facilitate easy movements of handicapped, 3% aid to them from ZP, municipal corporation and municipal council, 3% reservation in markets build by ZP, municipal corporation and municipal councils, 3% reservation in gharkuls and as much reservation in government jobs. "It's strange that no officer has yet been punished or penalized for dereliction of duty in this regard. Though 30 years have elapsed since the act came into force, the plight of physically challenged has not improved," said Kadu, who held three meetings with former CM and two with the present CM in this regard. "I even staged seven major stirs to attract the government's attention towards this issue but the bureaucracy and the government did not act," he said. "While on one hand this government claims to be nurturing the culture of helping the suffering, on the other, it arrests me and put me in jail if whenever I raise my voice for them," he said. The state government has left in the lurch 40 lakh disabled in the state, he alleged. Kadu said that the deaf and dumb cannot study beyond Std. VII as the successive governments have not evolved courses for further classes for them. I have been agitating for last two years, but nothing has come about except assurances, he added. Kadu said that while in other states an honorarium of Rs. 2000 is paid to the disabled, in Maharashtra only Rs. 600 is paid, which is inadequate enough to pay even the house tax. " This is the state of saint Tukaram and with the blessings of Shivaji Maharaj the new government has come to power, but it is wielding sword to slice the disabled." सादर / With thanks & Regards राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India नागपुर Nagpur 0712 2806846 President VIBEWA Co-Moderator VIB-India A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and laughter. ________________________________ Caution: The Reserve Bank of India never sends mails, SMSs or makes calls asking for personal information such as your bank account details, passwords, etc. It never keeps or offers funds to anyone. Please do not respond in any manner to such offers, however official or attractive they may look. Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
