Poverty marks to identify BPL families, says Ranchi Municipal Corporation

RANCHI: The standing committee of the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has decided that those families who do not own a vehicle, live in mud houses and do not have any earning members will be given particular marks for every poverty factor.

Mayor Rama Khakho said, "The families will be allotted marks for every poverty factor and those families with 70 marks and above will be considered BPL families. This way it will be easy for the RMC to recognize the BPL families and make sure they are benefited by various government plans."

Another major decision that was taken in the meeting was that the electric crematorium at Harmu, which was lying neglected for many years, would be redone. Khalkko said, "A committee has been made which will survey the electric crematorium at Jamshedpur and will submit plans of renovation and restart on that basis."

It was decided in the meeting that the RMC would write to MP Parimal Nathwani for the management of the RMC hospital which was renovated by him in 2011. The mayor said, "The tender was released but there were not many bidders. Also we think that Nathwani will be the best person for operation of the hospital as he works for uplifting the poor."

The RMC will also be writing a letter to the forest department to plant trees and flowers on the empty space near various parks, footpaths and on the roadside of the city.

Employment of the previous RMC daily wages employees who lost their jobs after A2Z Waste Management Company took charge of maintaining cleanliness of the city was also considered in the meeting.

Deputy mayor Ajay Nath Shahdeo, who raised the issue, said, "More than 500 daily wage earners have been unemployed after A2Z Company took over. These workers should be employed in A2 Z Company."

RMC CEO Deepankar Panda assured Shahdeo that he would speak to the company about the matter.