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Pension benefits, flood relief distributed to beneficiaries

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Tahsildar holds ‘Grama Vatsavya’ programme in Adavimantenahalli

REACHING PEOPLE: Belur Tahsildar M. Dase Gowda during his ‘Grama Vatsavya’ programme in Adavimantenahalli in Hassan district.

HASSAN: Adavimantenahalli village is a most backward village in Belur taluk in Hassan district. The village does not have bus services as there are no roads.

The village does not have drinking water facility either and there are no hospitals.

However, on Wednesday, the villagers were in for a surprise as Belur Tahsildar M. Dase Gowda and his team of 15 members arrived in the village for a “Grama Vatsavya” programme.

The tahsildar distributed pension benefits to 15 people. The beneficiaries included aged persons, widows and the physically challenged.

He also distributed caste certificates, income certificates and flood relief compensation cheques to 35 farmers who lost their crops in the recent floods.

Mr. Dase Gowda said the programme was taken up to help the staff get acquainted with the people’s problem. It was the first step towards solving people’s problem.

He promised the villagers that a proper road would be laid and drinking water would be arranged for. He said the existing borewells would be revived.

130 petitions cleared

When Chennarayapatna Tahsildar B.N. Prasad Reddy and his staff visited Agrahara village on Tuesday for a “Grama Vatsavya” programme in the village, they never thought that there could be so many problems to handle, all at the same time.

Giving details of the programme to The Hindu here on Thursday, Mr. Prasad Reddy said that he received 144 representations. Of these, 130 were cleared on the spot.

He said that he sanctioned pension to 70 widows. Taking the administration to the doorstep of the villagers was the motto, he added.

Assistant Commissioner Shivashankar was present.

Most of the representations pertained to sanction of pensions, under old age, widow, physically impaired and Sandhya Suraksha schemes.

Nagaraju from the nearby Cholanahalli, who is physically challenged, told the tahsildar that the pension he was receiving (Rs. 400) was not sufficient and requested for a loan of Rs. 20,000 to start a petty business.

Shivaraj from Kittanahosalli village, who has lost an eye, wanted medical relief.

The villagers told the Assistant Commissioner that the Government Hospital in Chennarayapatna is not catering to their needs as doctors there indulged in private practice.

Nearly 1,000 plants were distributed to farmers under the social forestry scheme. Green manure worth Rs. 40,000 was also distributed.

As many as 23 officers from various departments attended the programme.

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