Transport Minister Bhupendra Singh has directed to hold district-level camps to extend benefits of welfare schemes to drivers and conductors as per announcement of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Singh was addressing a meeting of Motor Vehicle Drivers-Conductors Welfare Board on Tuesday. It is noteworthy that the Board has been constituted to implement Chief Minister Chouhan’s announcements at Chalak-Parichalak Mahapanchayat on February 17, 2014. There are 1.20 lakh registered drivers and conductors in the State.
Minister Singh said that registered drivers and conductors should be registered under ‘Samagra Yojana’ by holding district-level camps to provide the benefits of Government’s welfare schemes. Besides, “drivers-conductors convention” should also be held with the assistance of public representatives and various departments at district level from April 16 to 30. Information about various welfare schemes of Government should be given to drivers and conductors at these conventions. In deference to Chief Minister’s wish, the meeting decided to give away ‘Sarthishri Puraskar’ at district level to one outstanding driver. Principal Secretary Transport Malay Shrivastava, Mission Director Samagra Ajit Kumar, Secretary MP Construction Workers Welfare Board AS Dixit, Commissioner Transport Shailendra Shrivastava, representatives of drivers Mushtaq Ahmad and Ram Charan Shrivastava etc were present at the meeting.