Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday instructed officials to ensure that unique disability identity card, also known as UDID card, is issued to all eligible persons without any delay. Officials should also take steps to facilitate employment of of differently abled persons in the private sector.
Mr. Stalin gave the directive to the officials after inaugurating ‘Anaithum Sathiyam’, a museum for the differently abled, set up at a cost of ₹1 crore. He also launched the choice-based system of providing assistive devices for the welfare of differently abled persons.
Chairing a meeting to review the functioning of the Commissionerate for the welfare of the differently abled persons in Chennai, Mr. Stalin said only a few were approaching the department. “Officials should listen to the demands of those few. If they could not be addressed at once, it should be addressed in a few weeks,” he added.
