Specially abled take part in sports and games competitions at IGMC
The Hindu
VIJAYAWADA
Students of various schools for the specially-abled and physically challenged youth had a field day at Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium as they took part in various games and sports competitions.
The competitions were organised by the Differently ABled, Transgenders and Senior Citizens Welfare Department ahead of the International Day of Disabled Persons.
NTR District Collector S. Dilli Rao, who inaugurated the programme, said that specially-abled people had more special talents than normal people and it was the responsibility of everyone to recognise and nurture their talent. He said every disabled person who came forward to take part in the competition was a winner.
Mayor Rayana Bhagyalakshmi, MLA Malladi Vishnu, Joint Collector Shrivas Nupur Ajaykumar, Differently ABled, Transgenders and Senior Citizens Welfare Department assistant director B. Ram Kumar and others were present.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.