Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, October 13
On the occasion of Spinal Cord Injury Day, a rally was flagged off to the Wagah border yesterday.
With an aim to encourage persons suffering from spinal cord injuries to lead an inclusive life, the Jalandhar administration, Lovely Professional University (LPU) and Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Association observed the day on the campus of the LPU yesterday.
As many as 150 SCI-affected persons, their family members, NSS volunteers of the LPU and 22 spinal cord injury-affected students of the LPU participated in the event.
MLA, Jalandhar, North Zone, Bawa Henry, IG Police Arpit Shukla, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Bhupinder Singh, ACP Deepika Singh, LPU Chancellor, Ashok Mittal, president, SCI, Jalandhar Association, Parvinder Singh Sonu, vice-president, Devinder Singh, among others, were present on the occasion.
Appreciating the slogan of the association ‘Can’t walk, Let’s fly’, Ashok Mittal congratulated all those 120 SCI-affected persons who recently braved paragliding experience.
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