Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Rural Development Vijay Laxmi Gautam while holding the meeting of the officials concerned with the Rural Development and Rural Engineering Services at Ashtabhja guest house on Monday directed the officials to carry out works by adopting the norms. After the meeting the minister inspected a Upavan Vatika located at Vijaypur village under Chhanbey block where she planted saplings. During the inspection she was apprised by Chief Development Officer (CDO) Srilaxmi VS that the Vatika was developed within two-three years and around Rs 20 lakh had been spent through MGNREGA. Appreciating the Vatika the minister asked the official concerned to plant saplings to make it more useful. In Kamapur village of Chhanbey block a chaupal was organised in which the minister interacted with people, especially women, and greeted them on the occasion of Teej festival. She watched the Shilaphalakam constructed under the scheme ‘Meri Mati Mera Desh’ and she taught the lesson of nationalism to the people. Inspecting the Amrit Sarovar (pond) the minister appealed to people to maintain the it and make it useful that it can prove to be an asset for the village. She said the government was working for the welfare of every section of the society but online application is necessary for new candidates to avail the facilities. Referring to the new PM Vishwakarma Scheme which was launched by the prime minister on September 17 the minister said 18 types of skilled artisans were covered under the scheme including those who were involved in their traditional profession like washermen, cobblers, barbers etc. She said loan of up to Rs 3 lakh was available for workers of that category without any security and toolkit worth Rs 15,000 was being provided by the government free of cost. During her visit the minister was accompanied by MLAs Ratnakar Moshra and Rinki Kol, block pramukhs Indra Bahadur Pandey and Suman Singh, veteran BJP leader Dhanendra Pandey and others. Priot to the government programmes the minister performed the rituals at the Vindhyavasini temple.
Shadi Anudan Yojana: Backward Class Welfare Officer Rajesh Sonkar has informed that marriage aid will be sent directly to the beneficiary’s account but that account should linked to the Aadhar card. Giving details about the changes in the Shadi Anudan Yojana said from the year 2023-24 verification of Aadhar and e-KYC has been made compulsory for applicants and all process will be carried out through online system. He said persons who had already applied through manual process their applications will not be considered and they were being suggested to submit online applications again.
ARRESTED: The Kachhawaan police have arrested an accused in an assault case on Monday. Ajay Kumar Upadhyay of Baraini village under Kachhawaan police station had lodged a named case on August 8 alleging that the accused had assaulted him and snatched a gold chain. On being tipped off by an informer the police nabbed the accused Harsh Singh of Bajahaan village under Kachhawaan police station, sent him to jail and seized his vehicle.