Collector inaugurates nine social care centres for persons with disabilities in Tiruvannamalai
The Tiruvannamalai district administration has inaugurated nine new social care centres to provide specialized services for persons with disabilities. These facilities offer education, physiotherapy, and vocational training, with plans to expand to 21 centers across the district.
Why it matters
This initiative improves accessibility to essential rehabilitation and educational services for marginalized populations in rural areas.
Collector Vandana Garg inaugurated nine social care centres for persons with disabilities above six years of age in key towns, including Cheyyar, Chengam, Kilpennathur, Vandavasi, Arani and Chetpet in Tiruvannamalai on Thursday.
Officials of Welfare of Differently Abled Persons Department, which would be maintaining the facility, said that the new centres would provide special education, early intervention services, including physiotherapy and other therapies, rehabilitation and vocational training for persons with disabilities.
At present, around 53,000 persons with disabilities have been identified in the district. “Each centre, on an average, will have at least five staff, including instructors to conduct sessions for visitors. The centre will function between 10 a.m. and 5.45 p.m. on all days except Sundays,” M. Saradha, District Disabled Officer (Tiruvannamalai), told The Hindu.
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