PANJIM: A delegation of Senior citizens met Director of Social Welfare Ajit Panchwadkar and submitted a 10-point demands on Friday, on the eve of World Elders Abuse Awareness Day.
The delegation urged the Director to revamp the District Senior Citizens Committees to give taluka representation and to appoint a full-time District Nodal Officer for implementation of the MWPSC Act 2007 and Rules 2009.
They requested the Director to make public toilets senior citizen friendly e.g. fitting of hand railings and to introduce queue system for entry into buses first for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), then senior citizens followed by others.
They also urged the Director to ensure that reserved seats for senior citizens in buses are complied and increased from two to five.
The other issues raised by them were to enforce RBI guidelines for service to senior citizens by all banks in the State, to print booklet about services provided to senior citizens by the various line/allied departments and corporation; to hold meetings of the senior citizen volunteers at village panchayats; to increase the number of UMEED Day Care centres to cover all village panchayats and municipal councils and to observe senior rights awareness fortnight from October 1 to 15.
GOACAN Coordinator Roland Martins accompanied the delegation.
