Help special catergory people ignored during militancy: Omar

Srinagar :Calling for universal measures for the rehabilitation of all physically challenged and destitute, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said these people were forgotten during the two decades of militancy period.
Service to physically challenged was service to God, Mr Omar said and stressed the need for reaching out this special category of people to rekindle their hope in normal life process.
“The twenty years militancy period has shifted attention towards the violence affected people putting the sufferers of other incidents and calamities out of focus”, he added and called for universal measures for the rehabilitation of all physically challenged and destitute.
Speaking at the Free-Artificial Limbs Camp organized by Border Roads Organization Wives Welfare Association (BROWWA)- BECON in collaboration with All India Marwardi Yuva Much at Rengreth near here yesterday, the Chief Minister said joint efforts by the Government, NGOs and other organizations are required to help rehabilitation of physically challenged persons.
Social welfare is a broader concept and the delivery on this front is a noble service to be rendered sincerely and with a missionary spirit, he said and appreciated the efforts of BROWWA and the NGO for realising the need of needy and delivering on this count.