Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is a scheme of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas for providing LPG connections to women from Below Poverty Line (BPL) households. #AMMACHILabs ‘Ujjawala scheme outreach program’ was organized on 12th September in Malgaon village, #Chhattisgarh. Over 90% of eligible beneficiaries (SC/ST) from the village received the benefits under the schemes, the Village Sarpanch declared the village as ‘smoke-free’ and distributed 125 LPG cylinders during the event on Wednesday. Our deployment team will continue to do social empowerment for its usage, refilling etc.
Before the event, at multiple levels, AMMACHI Labs team conducted meetings with nodal officers, oil companies dealers, and village stakeholders (Sarpanch, Sachiv and others) along with documentation completion from villagers. District Food Officer interacted with the villagers and explained to them about the benefits of #LPG gas. Around 250 people participated and community organizer Mamatha Poyam concluded the event by thanking the guests, organizers, panchayath, and agencies who helped to conduct this event. Newspaper dailies like ‘Daily Chhattisgarh’ and ‘HariBhumi’ reported the event. Thanks to the entire team who contributed and made it big (Amritha, Athira – AMMACHI Labs, Jamuna – #AServe, Sukhdev – #Create)