Lucknow, 07 November: Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh is going to organize ‘Vantangiya Gram Mahotsav’ for the first time in the state. This event will be held on the occasion of Diwali, the festival of lights.
In the festival, a day before Dhanteras, people of Vantangiya community will be benefited from various schemes of the government.
Also, on the occasion of Diwali, nutrition kits, clothes, sweets and other food items will be distributed to them. This will prove to be a big step towards connecting this backward community of the society with the mainstream of development.
Stalls of various departments will be set up, health camp will also be organized
Vantangiya Village Festival is being organized on 09 November in village Ramgarh under Nawabganj development block of Gonda. While interacting with the residents of village Ramgarh and Maheshpur on this event, nutrition kits, clothes and other food items will be distributed to them on the occasion of Diwali.
Along with this, information about government schemes will be provided to the villagers through stalls by departments like Health Department, Panchayati Raj, Agriculture Department, Women Welfare and Child Nutrition etc.
On this occasion, the Health Department has also arranged a camp for health check-up of the villagers. In this, along with general health examination, there will be arrangements for eye examination.
Arrangements will be made for online application of eligible people
Gonda District Magistrate Neha Sharma said that in the Mahotsav, arrangements have also been made for eligible people belonging to Vantangiya community to apply online for other government schemes including pension, housing, toilet, Aadhar card and Ayushman card. The camps will be functional from 10 am and Prakash Parv will be celebrated at 3 pm by interacting with the villagers and distributing materials.
A spokesperson of the state government says that the Vantangiya community is very close to the heart of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took the initiative to give constitutional rights to this community, which was deprived of its identity even after decades of independence.
Only after Chief Minister Yogi took command of Uttar Pradesh, the picture of Vantangiya villages changed. In May 2018, Vantangiya villages of Gonda were declared revenue villages. Only then did the benefits of all the government facilities start reaching them.
Chief Minister Yogi himself visits Vantangiya village every year to celebrate the festival of Diwali.
