Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra reaches remote hilly areas of Jammu

The Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, a nationwide outreach initiative aimed at informing and empowering citizens about the Centre’s flagship schemes, reached panchayats in the hilly, remote area of ​​Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir in the Pir Panjal Valley on Monday .

In JK, the Yatra was flagged off on November 15 from Budhal, Rajouri Gurez and Bandipora. People, Panchayati Raj institutions and government officials attended the launch.

Abdul Wahid Malik, a local resident, told ANI that the benefits of the Centers programs reach everyone.

“The benefit of the Centers programs is reaching people. Under the Ayushman Bharat programme, eighty percent of the Golden cards have been made. The remaining cards are being made.”

Under this scheme, the government will bear the cost of medicines, tests, etc. up to an amount of Rs 5 lakh for treatment in a year. Besides the government hospitals, there are also some government-aided private hospitals where the patients can get free treatment on presentation of the ‘golden card’ issued under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.

The campaign was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 15 in Khunti, Jharkhand. Multiple vans were flagged off simultaneously from various locations with significant tribal populations across the country.

Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, virtually attended the launch at Raj Bhawan in Srinagar on November 15.

The first day of the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra unfolded, a dynamic mix of events and initiatives, merging stories of empowerment and collective engagement towards a shared vision of national development, an official press release said.

Further, according to the official notification from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the first day of the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra reached over one million people across 259 Gram Panchayats in the country.

People thronged the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra IEC vans and enthusiastically participated in the organized activities and availed the services provided on site, the press release said.

More than 16,000 people participated in the organized health camps. More than 6,000 people were screened for tuberculosis and more than 4,500 for sickle cell disease on the first day, the report added.

The objective of the Yatra is to generate awareness regarding the welfare schemes and policies of the Central Government and achieve 100 percent saturation of key government schemes.

The Yatra is a testament to the country’s determination to develop and recognize the role and responsibility shared by its citizens in this endeavour, the press release said.

It also marks an important step in achieving this objective through outreach, information dissemination and empowering citizens to become active stakeholders in the country’s development, it added.