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MADURAI: The administration has taken efforts to issue national identity cards to all differently abled persons, who constituted 2.1 per cent of the district population, Collector S.S. Jawahar said on Sunday. Inaugurating a mass assessment camp to identify polio-affected persons for free distribution of lightweight callipers at Gandhi Memorial Museum here, he said steps had been taken to identify the differently abled through camps. In the last 12 months, camps were organised at block level with orthopaedics and orthotic technicians. Identity cards were issued to 12,500 persons. In all, 18,500 persons had national identity cards, which had become mandatory to avail any benefit from government schemes. A job fair and loan mela was organised exclusively for the differently abled. The administration, through the District Disabled Rehabilitation Office, distributed free tricycles. Sanction orders were given to 180 persons for distribution of loans of Rs.5,000 each through Madurai District Central Cooperative Bank. Thangam Murthy, president, Indian Medical Association, Courtallam, said it was A. Sivathanu Pillai, Chief Controller (Research and Development), Defence Research Development Organisation, who was the brain behind the calliper project. Initial experiments turned out to be successful, which propelled them to expand its purview. Already, more than 1,000 callipers had been distributed in Chennai and 200 in Paramakudi. She praised Dr. Lavu Narendranath from the Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, for his effort in igniting the spark and being part of the team that developed the lightweight material. The beneficiaries could get the callipers altered to suit their requirements. Museum secretary K. Lakshmi Kanthan Bharati explained the salient features of the lightweight calliper, which had effectively brought down the weight from 3 kg to 500 grams. The beneficiaries would be assessed and their measurements taken and on a specified date the callipers would be distributed to them. M.K. Karuppiah, Marketing Manager, Life Insurance Corporation, who sponsored the callipers, said the company sanctioned Rs.60 lakh for the first phase of calliper distribution. The inter-district and inter-club service project was organised by the Indian Medical Association, Courtallam Branch, Gandhi Memorial Museum, Lions Club of Madurai Tirupparankundram Passion, Lions Club of Kadayanallur Golden Breeze and Lions Club of Courtallam Victory. More than 190 persons, including 37 from Sivaganga and 30 from Theni, registered to avail the benefit.
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