Bhubaneswar: The Biju Mahaveer Jaipur Foot Centre, operationalised at Gurujanga in Khurdha will extend its services to adjoining districts. This was decided at a virtual meeting chaired by Principal Secretary of SSEPD Department Sushil Kumar Lohani today.
In the first phase, Khurdha, Ganjam, Puri, Cuttack and Nayagarh districts will be covered by the Foot Centre with extended services.
The centre prepares and provides specially designed foots for locomotive handicaps. Besides, it supplies other appliances such as tri-cycle and clutches etc. to PwDs.
Onwards, the centre will provide these materials for PwDs to other areas in adjoining districts through its mobile vehicles.
The Foot Centre was inaugurated on 19th April this year by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and more than 400 beneficiaries have been provided with locomotive supports till date.
The centre was established by SSEPD Department in collaboration with Bhagavan Mahaveer Bikalanga Sahayata Samiti, Jaipur which is working for more than 50 years in the field of providing artificial limbs to the disabled.
