Specially-abled persons took out a rally in the city on Sunday, December 3, urging the authorities to meet their demands failing which they have threatened to launch an agitation.
The occasion with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and the Committee for Rights of Specially-abled Persons demanded reservation for them under group housing schemes of the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) in future.
They also demanded that facilities and rooms for the resolution of their grievances in the MUDA, MCC, and the new DC office be located on the ground floor. The persons with disabilities also sought ramps and other facilities at the new DC’s office so as to ease their movements when visiting these government offices.