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New Indian Express
13-06-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Odisha CM Majhi comes to the aid of blind person, ensures welfare benefits
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday announced welfare benefits including housing assistance and disability pension for a visually-impaired person of Jajpur district. Upon learning from media reports that 41-year-old Prafulla Kumar Das, a resident of Andhari village in Korai block of Jajpur district is 100 per cent visually impaired, Majhi directed the district administration to provide him a house under the Antyodaya Gruha Yojana, a monthly disability pension of `3,500 and 5 kg rice under the National Food Security Scheme. Das will also be provided `5,000 from the Red Cross fund. He has been provided a white cane to assist him in his mobility. The chief minister further announced that the government will bear the education expenses of the children of Santosh Parida, who died in the communal clash in Bhadrak district. He had announced an ex gratia of `10 lakh from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund to the family of Santosh along with government job for a family member.
Time of India
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Blind man gets CM's assistance
Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi directed his officials to provide a house and immediate financial assistance from various state govt schemes to a visually-challenged man from Jajpur district. Prafulla Kumar Das, 41, does not have a pucca house and his living situation was highlighted by the media recently. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
