Chandigarh, April 23 -- Despite having the same illness, the UT administration is giving second class treatment to its mentally ill and intellectually disabled persons belonging to economically weaker sections in a small Group Home facility in Sector 15.

Built at a cost of Rs.35 crore with a capacity of 80 seats, many seats are lying vacant in Group Home, Sector 31. Yet, the UT administration is unwilling to keep EWS persons in that facility and is instead moving them to the Old Age Home in Sector 15 (known as the small Group Home). There are no detailed standard operating procedures (SOPs) defined for the Sector 15 small Group Home.

In the third round of admissions for the Group Home facilities in Sector 31 and Sector 15 facilities for...