Pilot project of digital family health cards launched; CM Revanth invites suggestions on Musi project

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy launched the pilot project on the Family Digital Cards here on Thursday.

Launching the pilot project in 119 Assembly constituencies, CM Revanth said, “Family Digital Cards (FDCs) will serve as a protective shield to every family and all welfare benefits will be provided through a single card.”

A woman is considered as the head of the family in the family digital card, he added.

One State One Card

The government had announced plans to go ahead with the ‘One State One Card’ policy aimed to extend the welfare scheme benefit to all those eligible.

The chief minister said everyone’s health profile will also be included in the Family Digital Card. The pilot project has been launched to identify the challenges in the issuance of the card.

CM Revanth on Musi project controversy

Referring to the criticism by the Opposition parties on the survey along the Musi River as part of the beautification project, CM Revanth Reddy asked, “How long will the BRS and BJP play dirty politics on the issue?”

“I am inviting the BRS and BJP leaders to come with us and find out who is staying in the FTL/Buffer zones and who has illegally constructed in private lands. I know people who paid lakhs for these lands during the BRS regime. However, we are giving them double bedrooms houses and BRS doesn’t want their betterment,” said CM Revanth Reddy.

He noted that the objective of the Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) and Musi Riverfront Development Project is to protect the State’s capital city. The government took up the Musi project for Hyderabad’s future and not for political gains, he added.

Opposition only trying to protect their farmhouses

The State government is providing houses and Rs 25,000 financial assistance to the displaced, who are living in unhygienic conditions along the Musi River, to lead a better life with self-respect, he said adding that his government is ready to invite suggestions for alternatives.

He accused the Opposition parties of raising the issues of the poor with the intent to ‘protect’ their farmhouses.

“Should we demolish the illegally constructed farmhouses owned by KTR (BRS working president KT Rama Rao) or not? They are raising poor people’s housing only to protect their farmhouses,” CM Revanth Reddy claimed.

‘Ready to build Indiramma houses in Jawahar Nagar’

He said 1,000 acres are available in Jawahar Nagar and the government is ready to distribute the land and build Indiramma houses for the poor.

The chief minister further said, “Let us all go to PM Narendra Modi and seek the Centre’s help to build housing for the poor living along the Musi River.”

CM Revanth encourages survey on lakes and encroachments

He also suggested that the leaders of BRS and BJP conduct a survey on lakes and encroachments in the city. Hundreds of water bodies have been encroached and as a result, the city is witnessing floods and lakhs of families are affected badly, he said.