Lucknow,

03 June (HS): For the rehabilitation and training of destitute women suffering

from mental retardation and multiple disabilities, the Department of

Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Uttar Pradesh has established a

50-bedroom residential capacity Mental Retardation Ashray Grih cum

Training Center (Women) in Lucknow. This center was inaugurated by the

State Minister (Independent Charge) for Backward Classes Welfare and Disabled

Empowerment, Narendra Kashyap on Tuesday.

The

Minister for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities distributed kits

containing essential items of daily use to all the women residing at the

centre. He said that the state government is committed to the protection,

rehabilitation and empowerment of such destitute mentally retarded women who

have been victims of social neglect. “This centre will not only provide them

safe accommodation but will also make them self-reliant through necessary training,”

he added.

On

the occasion of inauguration, keeping in mind the fourth Tuesday of the month

of Jyeshtha, a bhandaar was also organized by the department, in which the

Honorable Minister for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities himself

distributed prasad and blessed all the inmates. On this occasion, Ranjit Singh,

Joint Director Headquarters, Monika Lal, Deputy Director, Lucknow Division,

Rajneesh Kiran, District Disabled Empowerment Officer, Lucknow, Village Head

Parwar Purba, Sarojininagar and other officers and employees of the department

were present.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi