Bhubaneswar: The Biju Mahaveer Jaipur Foot Centre, operationalised at Gurujanga in Khurdha will extend its services to neighbouring districts.
It was decided in a virtual meeting chaired by Sushil Kumar Lohani, Principal Secretary of SSEPD Department today.
The Centre prepares and provides specially designed feet for locomotive handicaps. Besides, it also supplies other appliances such as tri-cycle and clutches etc. to PwDs.
The centre will provide these materials for PwDs to other areas in adjoining districts through its mobile vehicles.
The Foot Centre was inaugurated on April 19 this year by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Over 400 beneficiaries have been provided with locomotive support till date.
The Centre was established by SSEPD Department in collaboration with Bhagavan Mahaveer Bikalanga Sahayata Samiti, Jaipur which has been working for more than 50 years in the field of providing artificial limbs to the disabled.
In the first phase, Khurdha, Ganjam, Puri Cuttack and Nayagarh districts will be covered by the Foot Centre with extended services.
Collectors, BMC Commissioner and other senior officers and representatives along with officers of SSEPD Department were present in the virtual meeting.
