World White Cane Safety Day observed in districts

World White Cane Safety Day was observed in districts, including Pabna, Pirojpur and Rajbari, on Thursday under the theme “Where vision is limited, possibilities are limitless.”

PABNA: On the occasion, a rally started from the front of the deputy commissioner’s office that paraded the areas around the Zilla Parishad and the municipality and concluded at the deputy commissioner’s office. 

Later, a discussion meeting, organised by the District Department of Social Services (DSS) and the district administration, was held in the deputy commissioner’s office conference room chaired by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Aminul Islam and moderated by Sharmin Jahan, an official from the DSS.

Speakers at the discussion included Additional DC (General) Moniruzzaman, Deputy Director (DD) of the District DSS Abdul Kader, Dr Asmaul Husna from the Physiotherapy and Disability Services and Assistance Centre in Pabna, Sanowar Hossain, President of the Disability Rehabilitation and Human Rights Association, and Abul Hossain, founding director of the Manab Kalyan Trust.

Also present were Mamun Hossain, a social service officer from the Pabna City Social Service Office, Ujjal Hossain, a senior assistant at the Pabna Sadar Upazila Social Service Office, and office assistant Md Abdul Malek.

At the end of the meeting, 12 visually impaired individuals received white canes from DC Aminul Islam.

PIROJPUR: To mark the day, the district administration and the DSS jointly brought out a colourful rally on Thursday morning from the circuit house premises that paraded the main roads and ended on the deputy commissioner’s office premises. 

Later, a discussion meeting was held at the DC office conference room with DC Md Golam Rabbani attending it as the chief guest and District DSS Acting DD Ibrahim Khalil in the chair. 

Among others, ADC (General) Md Mahmudur Rahman Mamun and ADC (Education & ICT) Md Zahirul Islam spoke. At that time, smart white canes were distributed among blind people. 

RAJBARI: On the occasion, a discussion meeting was held in the morning at the Rajbari Municipality Auditorium.
DC Afroza Parvin attended it as the chief guest, while ADC Tarif-ul-Hasan chaired the meeting. 

Additional Superintendent of Police Tapas Kumar Pal and Civil Surgeon Dr S M Masud were present as special guests.

Abu Saleh Mohammad Ali Ahsan, DD of the District DSS, and visually impaired participant Abubakar Sheikh also spoke at the event, highlighting the significance of the day.

Speakers discussed the importance of white canes in helping visually impaired people navigate their surroundings, the need to ensure safe mobility, and the everyday challenges they face and possible solutions.