Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) distributed stalls for self-employment to a total of 330 specially abled persons through a lottery drawn at Vishnudas Bhave auditorium in Vashi last week. The draw was conducted in a transparent manner in 3 stages.
After the draw, many differently abled persons expressed their satisfaction with this initiative taken up by the municipal corporation for their welfare and expressed the feeling that this is a historic golden moment for them.
714 applications were received
At the beginning of the draw, Additional Commissioner Sanjay Kakde gave detailed information about the continuous follow-up and the entire process of CIDCO on behalf of the Municipal Corporation to provide space for self-employment to differently abled persons.
A total of 714 applications were received as per the public notification published in February 2019 to create a "waiting list" for self-employment opportunities for persons with different abilities through the NMMC.
