Vangani's visually challenged community: A struggle for livelihood

Many of them struggled to make ends meet-16 of 20 earned less than Rs 5,000 per month

The older inhabitants help the newcomers settle in by hand-holding them in setting up their hawking and other work, and in navigating the trains.

“The locals of Vangani have always been welcoming towards the visually impaired community here,” Kishor Shelar, husband of Vangani sarpanch Ketaki Shelar, told IndiaSpend. He said the town has recently got a Braille library which stocks books from the National Association for the Blind. He said his wife, the sarpanch, ensures that the money budgeted for the welfare of the disabled is utilised.

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