Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot has said, the government is establishing sports training centres at five locations in the country, exclusively for the differently-abled people.<br />''<br />'' He unveiled the Standing Wheelchair, developed by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, for commercial production at a function held in Chennai today. He said works with regard to one of such spot centre have already started.<br />''<br />''The Standing Wheelchair has been developed indigenously at the Research Park of the Madras IIT. It helps the differently-abled people not only to move from one place to another like the normal wheelchair but also enable them to stand on their own, without seeking other's help.<br />''<br />'' The patented design and manufacturing technique has been transferred to a private firm that was earlier incubated in the Madras IIT Research Park itself.&nbsp;<br />''<br />
News On AIR | November 5, 2019 9:23 PM
Thaawarchand Gehlot announces setting up of sports training centres for differently-abled