Volunteers sparing no effort in taking welfare schemes to every household, says NTR district Collector
The Hindu
Volunteers & district authorities are working to ensure State govt services reach every household in NTR district. 10,671 volunteers in 16 mandals & 4 municipalities visited households, resolved grievances & helped people get certificates. 2,32,401 certificates given away in camps organised at 449 secretariats.
The volunteers and village and district-level authorities are making efforts to ensure that the services being provided by the State government reach every household, NTR District Collector S. Dilli Rao has said.
Addressing the media here on July 19 (Wednesday), Mr. Dilli Rao said, as part of the Jagananna Suraksha programme, which began on June 24, a total of 10,671 volunteers in 16 mandals and four municipalities visited every household assigned to them and helped resolve their grievances.
They also helped people get the required certificates by submitting relevant documents on their behalf in the secretariats, and handed over the tokens to them, he said.
In the camps organised from July 1 on the premises of 449 secretariats in the district, as many as 2,32,401 certificates were given away to the people, he said, appreciating the efforts put in by the volunteers.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.