INDIA, Dec. 3 -- On World Disability Day, members of the Jammu Kashmir Handicapped Association staged a protest in Srinagar on Wednesday, pressing the government to fulfil long-pending demands related to social security, financial relief and legal safeguards.

The protestors assembled at Press Enclave Srinagar, carrying placards and banners seeking justice and highlighting issues faced by people with disabilities. They raised slogans demanding immediate attention to what they described as neglect and discrimination.

Speaking on the sidelines of the protest, association president Abdul Rashid Bhat alleged that the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, though implemented across the country, had not been enforced in Jammu and Kashm...