The parents of a physically and mentally challenged girl appealed to the State government to enhance the financial assistance being paid to them, during a Spandana grievance hearing organised by NTR District Collector S. Dilli Rao in Vijayawada on Monday.
Ch. Mallikarjuna Rao, an agriculture worker, and his wife, came all the way from A. Konduru carrying their 16-year-old daughter Ch. Lakshmi Prasanna who has been suffering from a congenital disease that has severely stunted her mental and physical growth.
In their appeal to the Collector, the couple asked the State government to increase the current financial aid of ₹3,000 to ₹10,000. “With two other girl children, we are unable to make ends meet.. It has become difficult to take care of Lakshmi and we have sought the government’s support. Officials told us that they would try to help,” Mr. Rao said.
