Networking for special people

Dr. M. N G. Mani tells Pheroze L. Vincent about his mission to win the battles disabled people fight everyday

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"“Even if a tenth of all buses were disabled friendly, commuters would wait for those buses. Little things like audio signals at road crossings, for the blind, won't cost much.”...

Beyond the Bhavani

The narrow road to Upper Bhavani Dam clings to the hills and is overshadowed by tall pines and oak. A check- post and a few electricity board buildings lay the bright copper sulphate blue waters of the dam. Beyond it is the Mukurthi National Park.

The forest department's main interest in the park is to protect Tamil Nadu's state animal, the endangered Nilgiri tahr. These stocky brown wild sheep have curved horns.
They thrive in the shola grasslands founds on the slopes here and relish the hypericum bushes with yellow flowers...