A digital Braille library will come up in the city shortly. Talks have been held in this regard with the National Association for the Blind, where the required equipment will be provided by the state and infrastructure by an NGO, said District Minister S A Ramdas.
Digital books will be printed for the visually-impaired and libraries set up on the lines of digital libraries of universities and colleges. He was speaking after distributing aids to 1,128 differently- abled persons of Mysore district at the Karanth Ranga Mandira at Karnataka Exhibition Grounds on Sunday.
The event was organised by the Pandit Deen Dayal Institute for the Physically Handicapped of New Delhi, in collaboration with the district administration, District Disability Rehabilitation Centre and the Indian Red Cross Society, Mysore.
Stating that houses will be distributed to 297 differently- abled persons by next year under the housing policy, he added that housing cards will be distributed on September 25. The differently-abled who are residing in rented houses can avail of the benefits.
SOURCE: INDIAN EXPRESS
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