Braille press machine remains idle
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 22 2012:
With no skillful staffs to run the Braille press machine for printing the books of the blind, the machine, which was brought to the state long ago, has been lying useless till today.
According to reliable source, the Braille press machine, which was brought to the state around a year back, has been remaining idle as the state government has not appointed any staffs for the maintenance and operation of the machine.
The source pointed out that the in addition to the measures taken up by the state government to induct the necessary staffs for operation of the Braille press machine, the state Cabinet had also given its approval to recruitment of the required staffs including Proof reader, Machine Man and Editor.
The staffs are to be trained by experts of the company manufacturing the machines.
However, as no staffs have been recruited so far, the experts have also not been asked to come.
With the functioning of the Braille press machine in the state, it would not only be able to print the prescribed books for blind students in Braille scripts but also print other reference books for them, and this would be very helpful to blind people.
Operation of the Braille press machine would also help in generating good income for the state by selling the printed books outside the state, since many of the Northeastern states do not such Braille press machine presently.