‘Ensure quota for hearing impaired’

November 20, 2014 10:52 am | Updated 10:52 am IST - PUDUCHERRY:

Members of the Puducherry Deaf Society stage a protest in front of the Employment Exchange on Wednesday. Photo: T.Singaravelou

Members of the Puducherry Deaf Society stage a protest in front of the Employment Exchange on Wednesday. Photo: T.Singaravelou

Members of the Puducherry Deaf Society on Wednesday staged a protest in front of the Employment Exchange here urging the government to ensure one per cent reservation in all government departments and private establishments for the hearing impaired.

R. Saravanan, president of Puducherry Deaf Society, who led the protest, said the Employment Exchange had not taken any step in the last 30 years to provide jobs to the hearing impaired.

The government was not responding to their needs. It was yet to fulfil many Constitutional obligations towards them. Jobs for the hearing impaired should be identified in every department on a priority basis.

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