Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that multi purpose camps should be organized to provide benefits for the welfare of the street vendors of the state. He said that efforts would be made to provide benefits of all schemes to the street vendors in other cities of the state as well.
Chouhan was addressing the ‘Mukhya Mantri ki baat, path vikretaon ke saath’ programmeat his residence on Monday. Chouhan started the program with Kanya-Poojan and accoded a flower shower to welcome the street vendors.
The Chief Minister said that most of the street vendors who have come here today have benefited from the PM Svanidhi Yojana launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. These include chaat vendors, vegetable sellers, cow dung lamps and idol sellers, fruit sellers, tea-snack vendors, those engaged in tailoring work, bag and quilt makers, artificial jewelry sellers, sellers of clothes in handcarts and cobblers. Many of the beneficiaries have repaid the loan taken and got double the loan. This is a sign of their desire to become self-dependent. The State Government is committed to provide benefits to street vendors through maximum number of schemes.
Chouhan praised the talents of child artistes Jaya Tiwari, Nandini and Abhika Jain who presented Ganesh Vandana at the beginning of the program. He also directed the officers to provide training to the children who perform jugalbandi of Dholak. He sought information regarding their education and also asked about other interests. The Chief Minister wholeheartedly appreciated the presentation of the children. Chouhan said that it is very important that despite being poor, one is rich in talents. Efforts to develop their talent while in need are commendable.
The program included group dance, dholak jugalbandi and puppet shows. In the group folk dance, the girls presented a rhythmic program on the song ‘Radha kaise na jale’.
Chouhan asked Ratnesh, who works in Jehangirabad, about his work. His daughter Dakshi played the role of Radha in a program. Ratnesh said that he got support of Rs 10 thousand from the scheme during the time of Covid. As per the provision of PM Svanidhi Yojana, he acquired a loan of Rs 20,000 on repaying the loan. His daughter Dakshi is inclined towards dance. Dakshi, who is studying in class I, wants to do join the police in future.
The Chief Minister also discussed with vegetable and fruit seller Raju Rao, resident of Panchavati. Raju also repaid the loan of Rs 10,000 under PM Svanidhi Yojana and again got an amount of Rs 20,000 as loan. At the time of Corona, he also got the benefit of free ration scheme. His possesses an Ayushman card also. Raju requested for a permanent place, on which Chief Minister Chouhan gave instructions to Collector Bhopal.
Puppet artist Naresh Bhatt presented a short play through puppetry. In this presentation, interesting information was given about the Corona period and a large section of it, benefits from the Prime Minister’s Svanidhi Yojana and other schemes. Chouhan said that puppet artists would be used in the promotion of the schemes of the government.
Chouhan said that health check-up would be conducted by setting up health camps near the places of work of street vendors, so that they could get treatment after knowing about unidentified diseases. Along with the Health department, the Municipal Corporation and district administration will also provide support.
Chief Minister Chouhan said that health camps would be organized at different places by fixing a one-month program.