Kandhamal: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik distributed the smart health card of Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) and dedicated various development projects in Kandhamal district on Monday.
As per the schedule, Patnaik arrived at the Kandhamal Stadium by 11 AM and distributed the BSKY Smart Card to as many as 1, 65,097 beneficiaries.
Apart from distributing the Health Smart Cards, CM is also slated to lay foundation stones of different projects worth around Rs 300 crore under the Mukhyamantri Karma Tatapara Abhiyan Yojana (MUKTA).
A total of 20 platoons of police forces and 100 police officers were engaged to maintain the law and order during the Chief Minister’s visit and meeting. Kandhamal MP Achyuta Samanta and Odisha Law Minister Pratap Jena already reached the venue on Sunday to monitor the arrangement for conducting the program peacefully and smoothly.
It is to be noted here that Patnaik have already distributed the BSKY Health Cards in different districts of the State earlier this month. On November 2, he visited Kuchinda in Sambalpur district and distributed the Smart Health Cards to the beneficiaries.
Likewise, he distributed the health cards to the people of Kalahandi district during his visit to Bhawanipatna on November 8.
The people of Keonjhar district also received the health card from Patnaik through virtual mode on November 18 and on November 20 he gave away the BSKY cards to the people of both Angul and Dhenkanal districts.
Earlier on the occasion of 75th Independence Day, the Chief Minister had announced to provide Smart Health Cards to 3.5 crore people in the State under BSKY. Odisha is the first state in the country to have provided such facilities in the health sector.
Beneficiaries of National and State Food Security Schemes, Annapurna, and Antodaya beneficiaries will get this card. The beneficiaries can avail health services in more than 200 hospital chains of the country including Odisha.
Ms Kalinga