To draw attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his visit to the State, members of the All Odisha Student Union of the Visually-Impaired discussed various issues and placed various demands at a Press conference here Wednesday. http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions//blinds-raise-issues-ahead-of-pm-visit.html They discussed on the alleged scam in the Inclusive Education for Disabled at Secondary Stage (IEDSS) implementation in Odisha, election manipulation in the Odisha Association for the Blind (OAB), disinvestment in PSUs, chit fund scam, misuse of the SC and ST Act by the OAB, abuse on visually-impaired girl students at a computer training centre, corporal punishment to blind students and misappropriation of funds sanctioned under the Braille Transcription project.
Many physically and mentally tortured victims briefed reporters about their grievances. -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
