revised corona war rooms numbers

s.no.	districts	cell	Landline
1 .	Ariyalur	9499933828	04329 - 228709
2 .	Chengalpattu	7200606674	044-27427412 / 14 / 18004257088
3 .	Coimbatore	9499933870	0422 - 2301114
4 .	Cuddalore	9384487038	04142 - 220700
5 .	Dharmapuri	9360953737	04342 - 231500/231067
6 .	Dindigul	8300342973	0451 - 2460320
7 .	Erode	8056931110	0424 - 2260211/2251616
8 .	Kallakurichi	9499933834	04151 220000/228801
9 .	Kancheepuram	9345440662	044 27237107/207
10 .	Kannyakumari	9154154598	04652 - 220122/231077
11 .	Karur	9498747637	04324 - 256306/257510
12 .	Krishnagiri	9486589038	04343 233021/22
13 .	Madurai	9597176061	0452 - 2530104/06/07
14 .	Myladuthurai	9344290579	04364 - 222588
15 .	Nagapattinam	8438669800	04365 - 252593/99
16 .	Namakkal	8220402437	04286 281377
17 .	Nilgris	9499933874	0423 - 2450034/35
18 .	Perambalur	9154155097	04328 - 1077/18004254556
19 .	Pudukottai	7538884840	04322 222207
20 .	Ramanathapuram	9499933856	04567 - 230060
21 .	Ranipet	9489668833	04172 - 273188/166
22 .	Salem	9154155097	0427 - 2452202/2450498
23 .	Sivagangai	9345467903	04575 246233/18004259456
24 .	Tenkasi	9443621240	04633 - 290548/281100
25 .	Thanjavur	9345336838	04362 - 230121/264114
26 .	Theni	9499933869	04546 261093/291971
27 .	Thirupathur	9499933821	04179 - 222111/229008
28 .	Thiruvallur	9444317862	044 - 27666746/27664177
29 .	Thiruvannamalai	8870700800	04175 - 222345
30 .	Thiruvarur	9154153673	04366 226623
31 .	Thoothukudi	9486454714	0461 - 2340101/717
32 .	Tirunelveli	9499933893	0462 - 2501012
33 .	Tiruppur	9384056209	0421 - 2971133/99
34 .	Trichy	9952387108	0431 -2461240/243
35 .	Vellore	9154153692	0416 - 2226016/2227016
36 .	Villupuram	7539905544	04146 -223265
37 .	Virudunagar	9384056210	04562 -252094/95

 

February 1, 2021 Press Statement Union Budget: Disabled Cold Shouldered

The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) has issued the following statement:

 

 

The NPRD lodges its strong protest at the substantial reduction in budgetary support to the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. Even the meagre and inadequate Rs. 1325.39 estimated last time, has been further reduced to Rs. 1171.77 crores this time.

This substantial reduction of nearly 12 per cent will adversely impact various schemes and programmes that are being undertaken by the department. The “Scheme for Implementation for Persons with Disabilities Act” sees a cut in its allocation from Rs. 251.50 to Rs. 209.77 crores. The National Trust which caters to persons with autism, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities etc. is also witnessing lesser budgetary support. It has been reduced from Rs. 39.50 to Rs. 30.00 crore. Even allocations to the National Programme for Prevention of Blindness have been reduced by nearly 50 per cent from Rs. 20.00 to Rs. 10.50 crores as compared to last year. Grant in aid to state governments have also been reduced substantially.

When more disabled people are joining the ranks of the unemployed, it would have been prudent to enhance allocations for the National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation, to enable it to provide loans to small businesses set up by disabled people. On the contrary budgetary support to the NHFDC has been drastically reduced from Rs. 41 crore provisioned in the 2019-20 budget to a mere Rs. 0.01 crore this time. The announcements made to vigorously pursue privatization of various public sector undertakings will adversely impact the disabled also. With the government unrelenting on the demand to extend reservations to the private sector, shrinking employment avenues in the government sector will see the ranks of the unemployed disabled bourgeoning.

The total expenditure earmarked for the national programmes for welfare of persons with disabilities has been reduced from Rs. 655 to Rs. 584 crores. The total towards schemes/projects has been reduced from Rs. 780.00 to Rs. 709.77 crores, this time. The total expenditure towards Social security & welfare has seen a reduction from Rs. 1126.79 to Rs. 988.59. Disability pension continues to be stagnant at Rs. 300 for the past many years.

In the pandemic situation, which saw a huge escalation in the number of mental health cases, the allocations made towards mental health displays the total lack of acknowledgement of the crisis. Allocations to the National Mental Health Programme remains constant at Rs. 40.00 crore. No support has been earmarked for the National Institute of Mental Health & Research for the last two years. However, unlike last time, there has been a slight increase in allocations to the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru and the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoli Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur.

What is even more glaring is the complete omission of flagship programme started by this government the Accessible India campaign.

The government remains content with bestowing divine status and a label of divyang, even while pursuing policies that confine disabled citizens to the margins. Displaying complete indifference, during the entire two-hour long rhetoric filled speech by the Finance Minister, not once did she refer to disabled persons. Disabled atmas don’t matter. In earlier budgets, the disabled were disregarded or neglected. This time they have been cold shouldered. This is deplorable. The NPRD calls upon the disabled community to rise in unison and protest this disabled-unfriendly budget.

(Muralidharan)

General Secretary

National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled