28 Covid orphans given aidunder CM Bal Seva Yojana

Kanpur: As many as 28 children of Kanpur Nagar who had lost their parents in the Covid-9 pandemic, were given sanction letters of ‘Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana’ and a sum of Rs 12,000 under the scheme at a function held here at the Kanpur collectorate on Thursday.
Minister of state Neelima Katiyar said on the occasion that the scheme was launched to take care of the destitute children and keep their future secured.
Inaugurating the scheme in Kanpur, the minister said around 4,000 children had lost their parents in the second wave of the Covid pandemic in the state and hence the UP government had launched this programme for them.
“UP is the first state in the country which has started this scheme for the welfare of the children who had lost their parents to coronavirus. The state government had transferred a sum of Rs. 12,000 into their accounts for the first three months. They will get Rs 4,000 per month till they attain the age of 18 years,” she said.
Talking to reporters, the minister stated that destitute girls, who had attained the age of 18 years, would be given Rs. 1.01 lakh for their marriages.
Local MLAs Surendra Maithani and Bhagwati Sagar, UP state women’s commission members Poonam Kapoor and Ranjana Shukla, district magistrate Alok Tiwari, municipal commissioner Akshay Tripathi and chief development officer Mahendra Kumar, SP Outer Ashtabhuja Prasad Singh and other district officials were present on this occasion.