Jaipur Foot reaches Naxal-hit areas
Disabled persons of Dantewada in the thick of NaxalMaoist insurgency in Chhattisgarh were provided with the world-famous Jaipur Foot to enable them to walk with dignity once again. These are the persons who lost their limbs during the insurgency and for various reasons.
Jaipur-based organisation Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) held a there-day camp in association with the Dantewada district administration and provide artificial feet (Jaipur Foot), artificial hands, calipers, hearing aids, walkers, walking sticks, crutches, tricycles and wheelchairs free of cost to 477 persons with disabilities.
“Because of the Naxal and Maoist insurgency, which is an ongoing conflict, no charitable organisation could go in the area like Dantewada, Sukma, and Jagdalpur districts, which has witnessed violence. We found that during the long period of insurgency in the influence zone of the Naxalites, which is called the 'red corridor,' several persons lost their limbs and were rendered disabled and were suffering. There was a need to get in touch and rehabilitate them and the Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), taking a calculated risk, ventured into these areas and held rehabilitation camps to help those who were suffering," said DR Mehta, the founder and chief patron of the BMVSS.
The Dantewada camp was the third such camp, which was organised with the support of the district administration
DR Mehta was present during the three-day camp along with BMVSS President Satish Mehta and the Chief executive Officer of BMVSS SS Bissa.
Mehta said that before the Dantewada camp, two camps were organised at Sukma and Jagdalpur with the support of Chhattisgarh Jain Sangathan, Sakal Jain Samaj and JM Charitable Trust of Jagdalpur in which 1,300 persons were rehabilitated. Mehta said that Mumbai branch of the BMVVSS under the leadership of Narayan Vyas managed to reach the heavily Naxal-affected area of Gadchiroli in Maharashtra after finding that many disabled persons there needed help.
The NGO distributed prosthetics and other aids free of cost to 477 persons with disabilities in Dantewada