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KOLKATA: In its diamond jubilee year, Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys' Academy is fearing closure because of unreleased funds from the Narendra Modi government. The biggest casualty will be the Regional Braille Press inside the premier government-aided institution. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi is very attached to our institution and holds us in high esteem ... but we have been running from pillar to post inside the ministry of social justice for disbursal of funds," said Swami Sarvolokananda, secretary, Ramakrishna Mission Ashram at Narendrapur, which runs the Blind Boys' Academy, in a press conference announcing the final event of the 60th year celebrations. The academy, set up in 1957, has been holding year-long diamond jubilee celebrations, which will culminate with a two-day event on Friday. T C Gehlot, minister of social justice and empowerment, and Babul Supriyo, minister of state for emergency and library services for the visually impaired, will attend the programme. "After lobbying much in Delhi, we have managed to get Rs 8 lakh this year. We hope the rest of the money will be released soon, or braille press will close down," the secretary added. 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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..
