Tri-wheeler marathon taken out for disabled-friendly toilets

December 04, 2016 12:53 am | Updated 12:53 am IST - Tiruvannamalai:

Disabled people take part in a tri-wheeler marathon that began at Salaiyanur village near Tiruvannamalai on Saturday.

Disabled people take part in a tri-wheeler marathon that began at Salaiyanur village near Tiruvannamalai on Saturday.

Differently abled people participated in a tri-wheeler marathon demanding disabled- friendly toilets.

The theme of the marathon was ‘Clean India cannot be achieved without disabled people’. The disabled people started their ‘marathon’ on tri-wheeler bikes from Salaiyanoor village. Project Officer DRDA G. Loganayaki flagged off the journey.

They traversed through 13 villages, covering 50 km, before reaching the Collectorate. Disabled Federation has organised the event. At the end of the event, People’s Crafts Training Centre, Kariyandal, distributed 200 litre water tanks each to 20 disabled people who received government assistance to build toilets. Several other welfare assistances were given to disabled people.

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