BERHAMPUR: The state executive has come out with its annual new 12 months’s gift for the visually challenged electorate — a 16-page Braille calendar in Odia that was launched in an tournament at Nabarangpur within the ultimate week of December. The calendar, which is being launched through the state for the second one consecutive 12 months, has been revealed on the Red Cross automatic Braille printing press here.
The calendar, which marks all important dates of Hindu fairs and executive holidays, options quotes from famous Odia poems on each and every web page. The multi-coloured duvet web page has been revealed in standard letters, while the interior duvet pages carry sections from the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, and other schemes of the federal government’s social security and empowerment of individuals with disabilities department.
Before the beginning of the 12 months, the calendar was dispensed amongst visually challenged people across other organizations, including 40 faculties of kids with special wishes, executive departments, libraries and school hostels.
“We have revealed round 2,000 copies of the calendar and dispatched them to other organizations and people in and out of doors the state,” said Prakash Narayan Rath, manager of the Red Cross automatic Braille printing press. “While there are 16 Braille printing presses around the nation, ours is the one one in Odisha. Our press has additionally revealed Braille textbooks for schoolchildren,” he added.
Rath said while the Braille calendar in Odia has been revealed on the press for somewhat a few years now, the fee was up to now borne through the Odisha Blind Foundation. This was till the social security and empowerment of individuals with disabilities department of the federal government began sponsoring the calendar, he added. Around 2,000 copies were revealed for two consecutive years now and Rs 50,000 sanctioned for the aim ultimate 12 months, Rath said.
“The concept of the Odia Braille calendar was first mooted through us. We got here up with the theory when we saw the difficulties confronted through visible challenged people,” said Bijay Rath, founding father of the Odisha Blind Foundation. “We revealed limited copies for the previous couple of years and kept urging the federal government for help. Now that the federal government has taken over, we are printing 2,000 copies annually,” he added.
The calendar, which marks all important dates of Hindu fairs and executive holidays, options quotes from famous Odia poems on each and every web page. The multi-coloured duvet web page has been revealed in standard letters, while the interior duvet pages carry sections from the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, and other schemes of the federal government’s social security and empowerment of individuals with disabilities department.
Before the beginning of the 12 months, the calendar was dispensed amongst visually challenged people across other organizations, including 40 faculties of kids with special wishes, executive departments, libraries and school hostels.
“We have revealed round 2,000 copies of the calendar and dispatched them to other organizations and people in and out of doors the state,” said Prakash Narayan Rath, manager of the Red Cross automatic Braille printing press. “While there are 16 Braille printing presses around the nation, ours is the one one in Odisha. Our press has additionally revealed Braille textbooks for schoolchildren,” he added.
Rath said while the Braille calendar in Odia has been revealed on the press for somewhat a few years now, the fee was up to now borne through the Odisha Blind Foundation. This was till the social security and empowerment of individuals with disabilities department of the federal government began sponsoring the calendar, he added. Around 2,000 copies were revealed for two consecutive years now and Rs 50,000 sanctioned for the aim ultimate 12 months, Rath said.
“The concept of the Odia Braille calendar was first mooted through us. We got here up with the theory when we saw the difficulties confronted through visible challenged people,” said Bijay Rath, founding father of the Odisha Blind Foundation. “We revealed limited copies for the previous couple of years and kept urging the federal government for help. Now that the federal government has taken over, we are printing 2,000 copies annually,” he added.
Visually challenged get Odia calender in Braille for new year
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