Deaf & dumb siblings get jobs, thanks to DBEE

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, May 23

Physically challenged youth often get to hear ‘No’ from employers due to their condition. To overcome this challenge, the District Bureau of Employment and Enterprises (DBEE), Hoshiarpur, has come to their rescue by providing employment to differently abled candidates too.

The DBEE helped in fulfilling the dreams of two deaf and dumb brother and sister of Dhootan village in the district. Sarabjit Kaur, who holds diploma in ECE, has been successfully placed as office clerk in dengue project of the Civil Hospital Hoshiarpur, while her brother Bharat Kar Singh Suman, who is ITI in electrical, is placed as a meter reader in PSPCL.

Expressing happiness over the development, Kulwinder Kaur, mother of the two siblings, who runs a small Ayurvedic clinic here, said the jobs to her children would prove a big push to family’s growth. “My husband is also a physically challenged person, who is assisting her in clinic works. Bringing up of two special kids has always posed several arduous challenges before the family,” said Kulwinder, adding that despite all odds neither they got disheartened nor let their kids fall prey to inferiority complex. She said after completion of their technical education, I tried a lot for the employment of my children and visited several places but all efforts turned futile. One day I came to know about the Ghar Ghar Rozgar Mission of the Punjab Government and participated in a Rozgar Mela held at DBEE Hoshiarpur where the teams assured that both would be suitably placed shortly, she added.

Lauding the efforts of DBEE for placements of physically challenged aspirants, Deputy Commissioner Apneet Riyait said that such kind of employment facilitations were real essence of Ghar Ghar Rozgar Mission, which will continue in future too. She also expressed immense satisfaction over the tireless efforts being made by the DBEE team to get maximum youngsters employed in different sectors especially amid Covid crisis. Riyait congratulated the team, including Mangesh Sood placement officer, Aditya Rana career counsellor and Vikramjit Singh, clerk, who himself being PH understands the challenges of getting employment with disability and all have always been playing pivotal role in providing employment to this strata of society.