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Mumbai: 37 visually impaired beneficiaries allege no progress at Jogeshwari’s MN Banaji Home for the Blind

Nearly a month after the Divyang Court directed the MN Banaji Industrial Home for the Blind in Jogeshwari to restart three programmes, 37 beneficiaries allege that services remain unavailable. They are demanding immediate action, citing existing infrastructure and a Rs 19 lakh government grant disbursed in 2022

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Mancherji Navroji Banaji (MN Banaji) Industrial Home for the Blind in Jogeshwari. Pic/Satej Shinde

Mancherji Navroji Banaji (MN Banaji) Industrial Home for the Blind in Jogeshwari. Pic/Satej Shinde

Nearly a month after the Divyang Court directed the Mancherji Navroji Banaji (MN Banaji) Industrial Home for the Blind in Jogeshwari to restart three key programmes, 37 beneficiaries allege that nothing has changed on the ground, leaving them without services intended to support their rehabilitation and independence.

2022
Year government grant was disbursed

“The court has appointed an official who has been given a year to resolve administrative matters and investigate why the institute has not functioned properly for almost two decades. 

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