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| PIL on enhancing quality of facilities in School for Blinds | | HC directs SWD commissioner to appear in person | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 28: In a PIL, seeking direction to state to provide sufficient infrastructure in School for Blinds at Roop Nagar here, a high court division bench of Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice B S Walia today directed social welfare department (SWD) secretary to appear in person.
The PIL has sought facilities of hostel, boarding and lodging, extra-curriculum activities, study material for progression in life and specific computer together with its software.
The bench observed that, as directed by the court on August 30, 2016, the respondents had not filed the status report of the existing infrastructure available for the School for Blinds and the statistical data of the number of children who were required to be taken care of in the school.
"The counsel for respondents has produced the September 26, 2016 communication sent to SWD secretary. It has, however, failed to evoke any response. Therefore, the counsel for respondents is unable to file status report. We deprecate the indifference shown by him to the sensitive issue raised in the petition. We are, therefore, left with no other option but to direct his personal appearance on the next date of hearing. Let the petition be listed on November 10 next when he will remain personally present in the court and also file the status report," the bench directed.
The counsel submitted that there 'is only one school for blinds at Roop Nagar in Jammu where education to blind students is provided only upto the level of 5th standard. Their hostel condition is very pitiable. SWD provides a meagre help of about Rs 65 per student per day. Those, who are pursuing higher studies, find it hard to pay higher fee. No concerted efforts are being made by the respondents to provide medical and healthcare facilities to the persons suffering from blindness in J&K. Many of the students are youngsters whose blindness can be cured by proper treatment. Because of denial of such specialised treatment, these children are made to live the life of total darkness either because there are no facilities available for their treatment or because of no financial help to them to have the medicare which is available but is costly and beyond their reach'. He sought directions to respondents to provide two schools for blinds in all the districts of the state with facilities of boarding and lodging to cater to the needs of children suffering from blindness and make provision for providing education to them by special training at least upto 12th class. Directions were also sought to respondents to provide avenues of studies beyond 12th class to the blind children in professional and non-professional courses by providing study material in braille. |
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