Blind and ditched: Visually-challenged denied basic facilities
Last year NDTV had brought you a story on residents of a colony in Chennai who were opposing a school for the visually challenged in their neighbourhood. Why? They felt looking at visually challenged people is bad omen. A media outcry helped the NGO set up the school. Now there’s a new challenge. The local authorities seem reluctant to provide drinking water and drainage facilities, citing a technical reason.
