Smart card of only half of the population of Raipur district has been prepared under the RSBY and MSBY schemes so far. Smart card preparation work for the remaining people will be started in a day or two. According to officers preparations were on to make most of the smart cards in Raipur district and camps would also be organised for it.
In Raipur district, along with RSBY smart cards of MSBY beneficiaries for free treatment up to `30,000 were being prepared. Under both the schemes, smart cards of 4.26 lakh people would be prepared in the district. Officers of Health department were engaged in this work. Besides cities, preparation of smart cards was going on continuously in rural areas also.
It is said that health department teams were holding camps in colonies and lanes, but people were reaching there in less numbers. CMO Dr KR Sonwani said that smart cards of about 50 per cent people have been prepared in Raipur district. Work for smart card preparation of remaining people would be started soon, he added.
He said that smart cards of 54 per cent people in Durg district 56 per cent in Rajnandgaon and 54 per cent in Bilaspur district have been prepared. During the second phase smart cards of 15 to 20 per cent people would be prepared in Raipur district. As such, this district would be the first in preparing 65 to 70 per cent beneficiaries, he added.
He said that most of the people in urban areas were not taking interest in making smart cards, because of which the smart card preparation work suffered to some extent.