Though the disabled people of the country account for 10 percent of the total population, many disabled people are not able to get the basic facility of wheelchairs due to its costs and limited numbers, reports state run news agency Rastriya Samachar Samiti.
Manager of Management Committee of the Disabled Assistance Fund of the Social Welfare Council, Prachand Man Bajracharya said that they are unable to distribute sufficient wheelchairs due to resource crunch. A wheel chair costs as much as Rs 12,000.
According to him, the committee has been providing 5-7 wheelchairs to the disabled every year since 1981 with its own limited resources.
Seven thousand wheel chairs have been distributed to the disabled so far in the past three years with the help of two American organizations working for the disabled.
In Nepal, the Disabled Assistance Fund, Rotary Clubs and Lions’ Club distributes wheel chairs to the disabled people in various occasions.