Srinagar, Dec 3: As the world observed the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Wednesday, a group of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) from different parts of Kashmir assembled in Srinagar, demanding implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act 2016, saying their legally guaranteed rights remain out of reach.

Members of various disability groups, led by the J&K Handicapped Association, said the RPwD Act, 2016, remains largely unimplemented on the ground.

They called this delay “a direct denial of basic rights” that continues to affect the community’s access to social welfare, employment, accessibility, and protection from discrimination.

‘EXCEPT J&K, EVERY STATE IMPLEMENTED IT’

State President of the J&K Handicapped Association, Abdul Rashid Bhat, s

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