Restart health schemes, say BJP leaders
The civic body was implementing Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Accident Insurance Scheme and Dr Shyamaprasad Mukherjee’s senior citizen’s free health scheme in the city for the last five years
Former mayor and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murlidhar Mohol and former deputy mayor Siddharth Dhende have appealed to the municipal commissioner to resume health schemes which had previously been suspended by Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).
The civic body was implementing Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Accident Insurance Scheme and Dr Shyamaprasad Mukherjee’s senior citizen’s free health scheme in the city for the last five years. But as the municipal commissioner did not make any budgetary provision for these schemes, they have been suspended and residents cannot avail the benefits.
Mohol on Thursday met the municipal commissioner Vikram Kumar to discuss the issue. After his meeting, Mohol said, “There is a need to restart these schemes which are helpful for the residents. PMC has executed these schemes effectively for the last five years.”
Mohol said that the municipal commissioner promised to restart the scheme.
Dhende, meanwhile, issued a press note and demanded to restart, both accident and senior citizens schemes. “PMC administration should give priority to the health schemes and make the provision for same,” he said.