Bhubaneswar(Kalinga Voice) : white canes has played a major role in building a prosperous society. white canes has a significant contribution to make a visually impaired person self-reliant in the society. By instilling self-confidence in the mind, white canes instills confidence in the society so that an individual can assert the right to equality. White cane empowers the visually impaired to integrate the visually impaired with the general public in order to build an inclusive society. Some of these views have been expressed on the occasion of the state-wide World White Cane Day 2024 organized by the State Government’s Department of Social Security and Empowerment of the Disabled under the auspices of the State Institute of Special Education and Research (SISER).
On this grand occasion, Principal Secretary Mr.Bishnupada Sethi said that white cane Day is very important in building an inclusive society. Starting with a beautiful line by saint poet BhimBhoi, he said that the Government of Odishahas initiated efforts to establish the country’s first University for the visually impaired.
After this, Ms.NiyatiPatnaik, Director of the Department and Siser, along with Additional Administrative Secretary, Santosh Kumar Pradhan, launched the awareness rally by waving the flag. In addition, Additional Secretary Deepak Kumar Rautray and Deputy Secretary Sanyashai Kumar Behera addressed the gathering. More than six hundred students along with teachers and other dignitaries also participated in the event.
In the rally, the participating students played drums, trumpets, cymbals and jhumkas and gave various awareness messages through road-side plays, pyramids and slogans.The rally covered the distance from the State Rural Development Institute gate to Stuart School Street.
The artistry and skills of the visually impaired students amazed everyone. The program was successfully organized with the cooperation of all concerned departments. A large number of people joined the march and encouraged the students in attendance.
