Gehlot inaugurates `Inclusive Independence Day’ celebrations

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New Delhi : Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot on August 13, 2017, inaugurated the ‘Inclusive Independence Day’ celebrations organised by the National Trust here.

Addressing the function, Gehlot said that his ministry is fully committed to the welfare of Divyangjans and several new schemes and programmes have been initiated during past three years. He said that the categories of Divyangjans have been increased from seven to twentyone to cover more Divyangjans. He praised the National Trust for organizing such an Inclusive Independence Day celebrations as a part of its ‘Inclusive India Initiative’, according to a PIB release.

The Inclusive Independence Day celebrations is a pan-India effort and similar activities were also conducted at Bangalore, Guntur, Jorhat, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kanyakumari, Trivendrum, Varanasi, Patna, Raigarh, Ahmadabad, Udaipur, Dhanbad, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar and Hoshiarpur, he added, according to the PIB relaese. The Initiative aims to provide equal access to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, by means of Inclusive Education, Inclusive Employment and Inclusive Community Life.

The largescale outdoor awareness activities took place at Niti Marg, in the vicinity of Nehru Park, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi on August 13 from 7 am onwards. The theme of the day was “Freedom from Bias”. Around 2,500 people from all walks of life participated in the celebrations along with 500 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The day was marked by cultural activities for all like yoga, aerobics, wheelchair basketball, judo karate, bocce, nukkad natak, theatre play and culminated with an inclusive walk.