Physically Challenged Protesters Detained
As the members tried to take out a rally towards
the chief minister's residence in the high security area of Gupkar, police
detained about a dozen of them. (IE Photo: Shuaib Masoodi)
About a dozen physically challenge people were
detained as police foiled their attempts to take out a rally towards the
residence of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar on
Tuesday .
On the occasion of World Disability Day, Jammu
and Kashmir Handicapped Association (JKHA) members, including children, held a
protest at press enclave against the "non-serious' approach of the state
government in addressing the genuine problems of persons with disabilities.
"All the states are providing constructive
schemes for the welfare and upliftment of the disabled people, but the
government of Jammu and Kashmir has badly failed to provide assistance and
welfare schemes to such people here," president, JKHA, Kashmir, Abdul
Rashid Bhat said.
"We demand our rights be upheld and the
schemes for handicapped persons be implemented without delay," he said.
As the members tried to take out a rally towards
the chief minister's residence in the high security area of Gupkar, police
detained about a dozen of them.
Bhat threatened that the association would
launch a state-wide agitation against the government in case it fails to
implement the schemes.
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