Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Vijayawada city unit
staged a dharna in front of the Sub-Collector's office in Vijayawada demanding
distribution of old age, widow and PH pensions immediately.
The
pensioners from Ajithsingh Nagar, Bhavanipuram and others areas,
registering their protest, said that the State government had least
concern for pensioners. The pensions had not been distributed for last
two months. Though few lucky people received the pensions last month,
many were yet to receive. The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) was
requested to distribute the pensions in time every month, they said.
Addressing
the gathering, CPI(M) city secretary Ch. Babu Rao said that there were
28,000 old age, widow and PH people receiving pensions. The corporation
was supposed to distribute the pensions in the first week of every
month. The VMC, however, could not distribute the pensions so far. The
pensioners were making rounds to VMC offices for a pension of Rs. 200.
The government was requested to hike the pension to Rs. 700 for old aged
and widow, and Rs. 1500 for PH, he added.
CPI(M)
leaders Donepudi Kasinath, B. Satyababu, K. Sridevi, U V Ramaraju, D.
Vishnuvardhan, Madala Venakteswara Rao, U. Gurumurthy, P. Sambi Redy,
and B. Nageswara Rao were present.
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