Bangalore: Though he ended the customary ‘Janata Darshan’ abruptly on Tuesday after hearing news about the demise of senior Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar’s father, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah made it a point to instruct his officers to look into every application submitted by people who came for the ‘Darshan’.
The Chief Minister instructed his officers to release old-age pension to Shamalamba, a 70-year-old women residing alone in Srinagar in the city, at a temple. She has not received the pension for the past one year. Shamalamba told Chief Minister Siddaramaiah that she has not been receiving old-age pension.
Earlier she was residing at a rented house in Srinagar, but the owner demolished the house without returning the advance amount paid by her. According to Shamalamba, the house owner has to pay her Rs. 3.6 lakh and has not returned her belongings too.
The officials present promised her that the pension would be released within a month.
Raziya Begum, employed as contract worker in the Sakala section at Belgaum Mahanagara Palike requested the cheif minister to confirm her service under the disabled quota. Siddaramaiah asked the officer concerned to look into the case.
Like previous ‘Janata Darshans’, a large number of physically challenged people arrived to meet the CM.
The Chief Miminster’s secretariat has taken up the task of uploading applications under the Sakala scheme and issuing receipts to applicants.
