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Of routine pleas, surprises and grant of aid

BANGALORE: Yet again a large number of people presented their problems to Governor Rameshwar Thakur and the officials during the Janata Darshan at the Banquet Hall in the Vidhana Soudha here on Saturday.

A total of 1,297 petitions were received by the Governor.

Of them, 68 were appeals for assistance from cardiac patients, 260 for medical relief of other kinds, and the rest were to do with various problems, including employment and housing, among others.

What caught one’s attention was a handicapped athlete who has been struggling to earn a livelihood for the last 10 years. T.V. Subramani (29) of Doddaballapur taluk has been handicapped since the age of six.

His left hand had to be amputated after he was bitten by a snake. But that did not dampen his spirits, and he went on to become an athlete, winning over 200 medals State, national and international events.

After he became over aged for competitive sports, Mr. Subramani found himself alone and unemployed. The Janata Darshan held a surprise for the Governor. A troupe of stage artistes appeared before him in the attire of historical figures like Kempe Gowda, Sangolli Rayanna, Krishnadevaraya, Tipu Sultan and Kittur Rani Chennamma.

They were from the Kannada Vedike and presented a charter of demands to Mr. Thakur.

The “Hrudaya Spandana” scheme for which the State administration had entered into a MoU with hospitals and charitable institutions has started picking up momentum.

Speaking to presspersons about the progress of the scheme Mr. Thakur said the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology and the Narayana Hrudayalaya had totally received 68 petitions. Mr. Thakur said heart patients who were poor would get Rs. 25,000 from the Governor’s Relief fund while the charitable organisations would give a matching sum and the hospitals would bear the rest of the cost.

Dr. Manjunath of the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, who spoke to presspersons earlier, said that three charitable organisations had come forward to help the needy.

Mr. Thakur also distributed cheques for Rs. 25,000 to each of the seven heart patients identified in the last Janata Darshan.

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