: Physically challenged people in the state were the most deprived ones for the compartmentalization of them according to their respective deformities , said Umesh Purohit , Convener of Orissa Bikalang Manch , the forum for the disabled persons in the state that was formed in 2006 . Such compartmentalization had confined the disabled people to think only for the welfare of people with the similar category of deformity rather than bringing out a holistic development , he added .
Mr. Purohit was at Koraput to attend the first ever seminar of disabled persons to get sensitized to lead a dignified life by accessing to the schemes and initiatives made by the society in large . While there were hopes to create disabled friendly villages and towns in the state , the real challenges were coming from the large amount of poverty prevailing with the disabled persons in general and more specifically in the rural areas , he said .
However the forum had high hopes with the implementation of NREGA as poverty could be brought under control by taking little care in engaging the otherwise able people in soft jobs like maintaining the record books or managing crèches near the site of the work , he added . The seminar was attended by disabled people from across the district .
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