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Drumbeat: Ad Buzzaar
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Monday, August 24, 1998
Blind to submit memo to govt
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
SHIMLA, Aug 23: The blind from all over the state have converged here to hold demonstration tomorrow in support of their demands and would submit a memorandum to the Chief Minister.President Deva Singh Negi and general secretary Mukesh Kumar of the State Blind Federation today regretted the indifferent attitude of the previous as well as the present government towards the blind. They said no specialised schools for educating the blinds had been set up. Neither the braille books were available in the state. They also demanded that the facility of one per cent reservation for the blind should also be enforced in the state.
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