Hyderabad, July 23 -- Braving heavy rains, members of the Telangana State Committee of the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) staged a sit-in protest today, demanding an increase in pensions and other welfare measures for persons with disabilities.
The protest was held in front of the SERP office, agitators came from various districts across the state.
Protesters called for the monthly pension for persons with disabilities to be raised from Rs 4,016 to Rs 6,000 and sought the release of pending pensions.
They also demanded that the government allocate Indira Mahila Shakti canteens to disabled individuals and sanction a special allowance of Rs 20,000 to the severely disabled.
NPRD State General Secretary M Adivaiah c...