Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 9: Former Deputy Chief Minister, Kavinder Gupta along with MLC, Vikram Randhawa distributed LPG connections to beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana at Valmiki Colony in Gandhi Nagar Constituency today. Corporators from Ward 20, Rahul Kumar, Ankush Gupta, Pitamber Sharma, Satbir Singh, Rajesh Khullar, Vijay Verma, Rachit Khosla, Sandeep Gupta, Arun, Rohin Chandran, Vijay Choudhary, Kapil Khurana were also present on the occasion.
Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Kavinder said, the Central Government has envisaged this scheme to provide women with a safe and clean provision of fuel for cooking. More than 13000 households of Gandhi Nagar have been benefited under the scheme, he added. He further said that J&K is fully implementing Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) scheme in letter and spirit “with an aim to make every household smokeless”. “It is a major step to reduce indoor air pollution and a very positive step towards sustainable development as it not only reduces the burden on forests but also ensures right to life for women”, he added.
Applauding the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi for his keen interest in the development of the State, Kavinder Gupta said that GoI has been providing liberal funding to the State so that various development projects underway were completed in a time bound manner. He also made people aware about the benefits of other Centrally sponsored schemes and urged them to come forward and to avail the benefits from these schemes for improving their socio-economic condition.
Gupta said that he has taken up the matter for issuance of PRC to the Valmiki community who are residing here in Jammu and were brought to State by then Maharaja. He said for the socio-economic development of the community this matter is to be resolved so that the children are not deprived of their rights in J&K.
Vikram Randhawa in his address said that people were deprived of LPG as cooking fuel prior to the installation of BJP led Government at the Centre and they relied on firewood, coal, dung etc that adversely affected the health of women and children causing severe respiratory diseases. Furthermore, he appealed to people who can afford the non subsidized cylinder to voluntarily give up their subsidy as more people belonging to BPL category can be benefited under the scheme.
He called for the BJP workers to identify more BPL families through socio-economic caste census data and ensure that no eligible beneficiary was left out.
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