To make people aware of the safety from thunderstorms and precautions to be taken during rain in Ranchi district, on Tuesday a thunderbolt safety chariot was flagged off. The awareness chariot was flagged off by Ranchi Deputy Commissioner (DC), Rahul Kumar Sinha.
Additional Collector, Ranchi, Rajesh Barwar, Convener, Sanjay Srivastava from Lightning Resilient India Campaign, Program Manager of World Vision India, Shilpi Mundu, Johnson Khakha and other officers were present on the occasion.
The awareness chariot, operated in collaboration with the District Administration, Lightning Resilient India Campaign, Climate Resilient Observing System Promotion Council and World Vision India, will go to all the panchayats of different blocks of the district to make people aware about the precautions to be taken during the thunderstorm.
During this, Singh said that awareness is very important to prevent lightning, he asked the chariot operators to make farmers, shepherds, people working in open areas, children aware in rural areas.
Barwar directed all the blocks to make people aware by taking maximum benefit of the awareness chariot.
It may be informed that for prior information of thunderstorms, one can get prior information by downloading the app "Damini". Farmers working in the field, take care of thick dark clouds and light wind, drizzle. Take shelter in a pucca house on getting prior information of thunderstorms. Do not stand under a tree during rain or thunderstorms. Stay away from rivers, ponds, tall tree or electric pole during rain. Make sure to install lightning tricks or arresters in tall buildings.
Meanwhile, Under the chairmanship of Deputy Development Commissioner Ranchi, Vishal Sagar, a detailed review of bank related schemes was done. The performance of KCC applications received by the banks was reviewed.
The updated status of opening bank accounts and sanctioning loans under Kisan Credit Card (KCC) was reviewed. The KCC applications are being sent to the banks by the Block Development Officers (BDOs). All the banks have been directed that if the applications are rejected for any reason, it should be sent back to the Block Development Officer mentioning the reason for the rejection so that the errors can be rectified.
The District Coordinators of all the banks were directed to seed the Aadhaar in all the pending bank accounts of the beneficiaries. Necessary guidelines were also given to rectify wrong Aadhaar seeding.