Free hostel for physically challenged in Haryana

January 14th, 2012 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS  

Chandigarh, Jan 14 (IANS) The Kurukshetra University (KU) in Haryana will provide free hostel facility to all students of the university and its affiliated colleges who are suffering from physical disability of 80 percent or above, a senior university official said.

KU vice chancellor D.D.S. Sandhu said the free hostel facility, which was earlier provided only to visually impaired students, would now be also extended to other physically challenged students.

Sandhu said these students would also be provided scholarship of Rs.1,000 per month provided their family income is less than Rs.1 lakh a year.

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