District administration Bokaro is all set to organize 'Senior Citizen Edition' of 'Sarkar Aapke Dwar' programme in all blocks of the district following the massive response in the first phase.
Run by Government of Jharkhand ‘Sarkar Aapke Dwar’ programme got a grand success here. The two days programme was concluded on Friday evening, informed DDC Ravi Ranjan Mishra.
“We have taken the initiative to organize the 'Senior Citizen Edition' of the Government at your doorstep programme in Jharkhand. A large number of people (senior citizens) joined the event and kept their problems, issues before the concerned officials or Heads of Departments,” said Mishra
“In view of the success of a 'Senior Citizen Edition' of 'Sarkar Aapke Dwar' programme, we have decided to organized it in all the blocks in future one-by-one,” he added.
Aiming to extend healthcare service among the senior citizens as well as common people district health department organised a free mega health camp here. Hundreds of the people including elderly people were examined in the camp.
Elderly people were provided with an opportunity to get all essential medical check-up conducted on the honorary basis, provided free of cost medication prescribed by a panel of doctors in the camp, said DPRO Rahul Kumar Bharti.
Awareness and information related to the physical changes that come with age and management of diseases were also shared with them.
Speaking on the occasion Bholu Paswan Mayor Chas Municipal Corporation (CMC) said, there is some good news for the elderly people who left alone. Very soon, there will be a separate shelter for the elderly people at Chas, he added.
“Necessary action has been initiated by the Municipal Corporation in this regard. Converting a community-building into an old age home in Chas is being discussed,” added the Mayor.
He also thanked the district administration for organizing such a programme for elderly people and said that such programs should be held contiuously every week.