Alappuzha will be made a district that ensures social justice for all, Minister for Social Justice and Higher Education R. Bindu has said.
She was laying the foundation stone for the construction of the new district office complex of the Social Justice department in a function held at the Alappuzha District Collectorate on Wednesday.
Ms. Bindu said that 99% of the Plan fund earmarked for various activities of the department in the district had been utilised. She said the ‘Vayoraksha’ project of the department to address grievances and issues faced by senior citizens had come to the aid of 40 people in the district in the past one year. The beneficiaries were provided food, emergency medical aid, housing and so on. As many as 50 daughters of differently abled parents in Alappuzha were given marriage assistance during the period, the Minister said.
