The echo of tabla, mandar, dhol, mridang should never diminish. The tradition that has been going on for centuries should remain intact. Craftsmen get respect and their art lives on. For this purpose, on the instructions of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, the district administration team reached Andharjhor village in Bodam block of East Singhbhum district. The CM had given the order after getting information about the villagers not getting the benefits of housing, pension, ration and other schemes. It may be known that the campaign to cover people with basic facilities is going on continuously.
A special camp was organized in Andharjhor village. In this camp, applications related to housing, addition and deletion of name in ration card, pension under social security and KCC were received by the Agriculture Department. The district administration has started the work of linking the housing, pension and ration cards of the villagers of Andharjhor village with the scheme. Besides, assurance has been given for early resolution of other problems of the village.
In the camp, 104 for housing scheme, 05 for new ration card, 02 for adding member's name in ration card, 01 for ration card transfer, 01 for Aadhaar correction in ration card, 01 for disabled pension under social security, 05 for old age pension and 02 applications for destitute pension were received. 25 people applied to avail the benefits of KCC.
On the instructions of the CM, Deputy Commissioner Manjunath Bhajantri met the artisans. He took information from the artisans about the time taken to make Tabla, Mandar, Dhol, Mridang etc., cost, construction materials, market and the price their products get. The villagers of Adharjhor, a village of 70 families, said that for many generations their village has been doing the work of preserving the handicrafts, but due to non-availability of price in proportion to the cost and non-availability of market, people have started turning away from it. The Deputy Commissioner saw the possibilities of making Vishwakarma Point in the vacant space near Sanjay Market, Sakchi, Jamshedpur. At this point, it has been considered to develop a market for the artisans.
On the occasion, information was given by the administration about the government's welfare schemes like Mukhyamantri Swarozgar Yojana, Savitribai Phule Kishori Samriddhi Yojana, Phulo Jhano Aashirwad Yojana, scholarship, paddy procurement, agricultural equipment distribution scheme at subsidized rate and other ambitious schemes. Along with this, people were encouraged to take advantage of the schemes.
On the orders of the CM, the villagers have been connected with various schemes. The process of covering the village with basic facilities has started. Hundreds of years old tradition of craftsmen making musical instruments will be promoted. Work has already started for this.