CM orders to build a ramp at his official residence for the disabled to meet hi.
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy seen interacting with George K. Thomas and his wife, Jasmine Issac when they called on him at Cliff House the other day. (Photo:DC)
Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who was touched by the plight of a wheelchair-bound couple, has ordered the building of a ramp at his official residence to enable the disabled to meet him without difficulty.
When accident victim, George K. Thomas, 33, and his wife Jasmine Issac, who is associated with ‘Freedom on Wheels,’ came to meet him at Cliff House, the CM came out of his car porch and listened to them.
The couple urged the chief minister to make Cliff House and the capital city wheelchair –friendly and he immediately asked his personal staff to take note of it.
“He listened to our demands patiently and was keen to know whether we were receiving our handicapped pension. In fact, we have not been getting it,” George told DC.
He also said that accident victims should be provided with government jobs in CCTV units of the traffic police and motor vehicles departments.
George had suffered severe damage to his spinal cord when his motor bike collided with an autorickshaw near his home at Nalanchira here a decade ago.
Last year, he married Jasmine Issac George, who too is wheelchair-bound. They had met at a private hospital at Chethipuzha in Kottayam district when they were undergoing stem cell treatment four years ago.
The government planned to set up ramps in all government establishments, including the buildings at Technopark, the sources have said.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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