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Differently abled persons honoured

Staff Reporter

RECOGNITION: Students and others, who were felicitated in Pudukottai.

PUDUKOTTAI: The joy of the differently-abled persons knew no bounds when they were honoured in recognition of their achievements at a function sponsored jointly by the Rotary Club of Pudukottai Midtown and the Inner-Wheel Club of Pudukottai to mark the observance of the ‘International Day for Persons with Disability.’

Those honoured were a couple of students of TELC Higher Secondary School here, Mohammed Shah Jehan of Standard XI and Sheik Abdullah of Standard VII, who have been excelling in their academic achievement; Ramasamy who has been leading a descent life by running a photostat unit and STD booth in the town; Dilip Kumar an employee of the Taluk office in Pudukottai and Kamalakannan, a teacher of Ponnamaravathy, near here.

The District Revenue Officer G. Prakasam, who honoured them with a prize, said that the disabled persons needed only empathy and not sympathy. The differently-abled persons fully utilised their talents, indicating their self-confidence and desire for achieving excellence.

The president of Rotary Club of Pudukottai Midtown V. N. Srinivasan said that the function formed part of the ‘Mupperum vizha,’ and exclusive events were held earlier to mark the observance the ‘World AIDS Day’ and the ‘World Mental Health Day,’ drawing competition on the logo for AIDS and essay-competition on its preventive measures were held in which a large number of students from the Ranee’s Girls Higher Secondary School participated.

A special free health camp was held to benefit the inmates of ‘Renaissance’, a home for the mentally-ill at Keeranur near Pudukottai.

The president of Inner-Wheel Club of Pudukottai, Anuradha Srinivasan, said that the Rotary Club of Mid-Town and the Inner-Wheel Club of Pudukottai would take steps for early detection of tuberculosis in the district.

A year-long survey would be conducted from March.

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