Battery-fitted wheelchair enables delivery boy to make ends meet
Neeraj Bagga
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, August 18
Joginder Singh, with 70 per cent permanent injury in one of his legs, would not face an uphill task in earning a living while delivering ready-to-eat items to buyers of an online food delivery platform. Earlier, he used to deliver the food items through a manually driven tricycle. However, restricted mobility would ensure that his earning remains limited.
Talking to Amritsar Tribune, he said, “I could barely support my family with such a small earning. I could deliver only limited food packets at the location of online customers. After getting a battery-powered wheelchair, physically challenged Joginder Singh felt that he could double his salary as the motorised wheelchair could attain a speed of over 30 kilometre per hour.”
The 31-year-old said the accident changed the direction of his life forever. No longer could he aspire for jobs which require a healthy and fit body.
Accentuating his physical trouble was the weak economic condition at home. It required him to actively take part in earning for the family. He is happy that now at least he could look forward to earn over Rs 10,000 per month.
Following the instructions given by Punjab Cabinet Minister Baljit Kaur, arrangements for providing employment to people of the district who need some support were made by Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori. They even received financial support from a non-governmental organisation (NGO) Neo Motion and provided battery-powered wheelchairs to the said persons and connected them with an online food delivery platform.
Giving information about this, District Welfare Officer Palav Shreshta said physically challenged persons were being given battery-powered wheelchairs.
