Gehlot Inagurates “Renovated Modern Alimco Prosthetic & Orthotic Center” at Kanpur

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New Delhi : Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot on August 22, 2019, inaugurated the ‘Renovated ALIMCO Orthotics and Prosthetic Centre (AOPC) and Residential Complex’ building of ALIMCO Headquarters at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The concept of “Make in India” is beginning to take shape in the precincts of ALIMCO, Kanpur. Two of the projects under the modernisation plan of ALIMCO has been completed.

Delivering inaugural address, Gehlot said that prior to 2014, Divyangjan were not getting the desired attention.  Today Divyang students get scholarships for education in foreign countries also. He said that 2,022 children below 6 years of age with profound hearing loss have benefitted from the government scheme and now they have started hearing. He said that soon ALIMCO will do ToT for development of “Voice Box” for throat cancer patients and after completions of project this throat Prosthetic that can be made available for general public for approx. Rs 3,000. He gave away the advance Diwali gift to ALIMCO’s employees by announcing the increase in their limit of Post Retirement Insurance scheme from Rs 3 lakh to 6 lakh  and increasing their Medical Leaves from 90 to 180 days.

Shakuntala D. Gamlin, Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, in her opening remarks said that through modernisation of ALIMCO, Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in the region will get modern rehabilitation facilities.

Devendra Singh ‘Bhole’, Member of Parliament, Akbarpur constituency, Satyadev Pachuri, Member of Parliament, Kanpur Nagar,  Mahesh Trivedi, MLA, Neelima Katiyar, MLA & Minister of State Uttar Pradesh, Kamal Rani Varun, Cabinet Minister, Uttar Pradesh, Abhijeet Singh Sanga, MLA, Bhagwati Prasad, MLA, and D R Sarin, CMD, ALIMCO graced the occasion.

During the function, symbolic metal structure of ‘Swavlamban Tree’ inspired by the logo of DEPwD, which resembles the Empowerment and Dignity of Divyangjans, was also unveiled by the Union Minister for SJ&E.

Eastablished in 1972, ALIMCO in 2013 felt the need to upgrade, restructure and modernise its facilities as most of  its   infrastructural resources such as plant/machinery, civil construction, electrical work, manufacturing technology product profile etc. have completed their life cycle or have become obsolete, in addition to inadequate and inappropriate human resources.

Ever since the new government took the charge in 2014, the project of modernisation of ALIMCO took the fast track and Rs 338 Crores was approved by Government of India for the modernisation project in July 2015. Planning for Plant & Machinery started immediately afterwards and foundation laid on October 14, 2014. Out of total planned budget of Rs 338.04 crores, so far approx. Rs. 115 crores (33%) has been utilized.

With full support of DEPwD, ALIMCO in financial year 2018-19 achieved a turnover of Rs. 341.87 crore as against Rs 228.50 crores in 2017-18 and earned surplus of Rs 75.29 crore as against Rs. 50.79 crores surplus in 2017-18, according to a PIB release.