Archive · 29 Aug 2026
Kumaraswamy Highlights Disability Support Through Mandya CSR Initiatives
H.D. Kumaraswamy said people with disabilities should receive opportunities, not just sympathy.
He said they should be able to live with dignity and self-respect.
In Mandya, 299 people received helpful devices such as tricycles, artificial limbs and hearing aids.
These devices cost a total of Rs 50 lakh.
The support came through programmes run by SAIL and ALIMCO.
Kumaraswamy also opened a digital assessment system at a medical institute.
BHEL paid Rs 1 crore for that facility.
He opened two new school classrooms and began work on two more.
Companies supported the education projects through CSR grants, making total CSR investment in Mandya Rs 2.15 crore.
Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said persons with disabilities were close to his heart and deserved dignity, self-respect and equal opportunities.
Assistive devices worth Rs 50 lakh were distributed to 299 beneficiaries in Mandya through SAIL and ALIMCO CSR programmes.
The devices included battery-operated tricycles, artificial limbs, hearing aids and other equipment.
Kumaraswamy inaugurated a digital assessment system at Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, funded with Rs 1 crore from BHEL.
He also inaugurated two classrooms and launched construction of two more classrooms through Rs 32.50 lakh grants from AM/NS India, bringing total CSR investments in Mandya to Rs 2.15 crore.
- Who
- Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy, 299 persons with disabilities, and companies participating in CSR programmes.
- What
- Assistive devices were distributed, a digital assessment system was inaugurated, and school classroom projects were opened or launched.
- When
- On Saturday; Kumaraswamy visited the hospital in the morning and later attended school-related programmes.
- Where
- Mandya, Karnataka, including Ambedkar Bhavan, Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Halalli village and Mandya city.
- Why
- To support persons with disabilities and improve medical and educational infrastructure through corporate social responsibility funding.
- Assistive-device beneficiaries
- 299 persons with disabilities
- Assistive-device value
- Rs 50 lakh
- Assistive-device providers
- Steel Authority of India Limited and Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India
- Digital assessment system
- Established at Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences with Rs 1 crore from Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
- Halalli school classrooms
- Two classrooms inaugurated through a Rs 32.50 lakh ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel grant
- Former Municipal College classrooms
- Foundation stone laid for two classrooms, also funded by a Rs 32.50 lakh ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel grant
- Total CSR investment
- Rs 2.15 crore in Mandya