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CARnival, a benefit for Meals on Wheels, will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Arbor Acres. There will be bearded ladies, Siamese twins, jugglers and a band. For more information, e-mail woestj@earthlink.net. Piedmont planning group to hold byways workshop The Piedmont Triad Rural Planning Organization will have a workshop on scenic byways from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the Davidson County commissioners' meeting room. Jesse Day, a regional planner with the Piedmont Triad Council of Governments, will lead the workshop. For more information, call 249-7256. University Women group will meet Thursday The local chapter of the American Association of University Women will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Polo Park Recreation Center. Dr.
Disabled in Delhi hold angry protests, demand rights
New Delhi, Sep 19 (ANI): Dozens of physically and mentally challenged people, affiliated to the Action for Disability Development and Inclusion (AADI) and the Disabled Rights Group (DRG) today organized a protest outside the office of the Planning Commission here, to demand their rights. They demanded their rightful due in the Eleventh Five Year Plan, to be implemented from 2007. The protestors expressed their frustration over Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia meeting other groups and not them. The protest however, ended in a scuffle with the police. Javed Abidi, the wheelchair bound convenor of the Disabled Rights Group, who now directs the National Centre for the Promotion of Employment for Disabled People, based in New Delhi, warned the protests would be stepped up if the voices of the disabled remained unheard.
UMass Transit adds five new buses
The University of Massachusetts Transit system added five new buses to its fleet in the middle of August, and plans to add another five by the end of the academic year.
The new buses were designed to be more accommodating to disabled passengers and are equipped with wheelchair-accessible ramps.
"On the older buses, passengers had to roll their wheelchairs onto the lifts in the back, and the bus driver would operate the lift. With the new buses, they can just roll on by themselves," said Transit Services manager, Al Byam.
The buses, which were manufactured by Gillig Corp. of Hayward, California, are run by the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA). They are blue and orange, seat 40 passengers, and are marked with the new PVTA logo.
"The new buses also have the most fuel efficient diesel engine," said Byam.
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