A Son’s Call to 1076 Helps His Father Recover Overdue Pension in Balrampur

Ankaj Kumar Prajapati holds Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai’s ‘Vishnu Ki Paati’ letter to his family. Ankaj’s complaint to the 1076 helpline helped his father, Dhuran Prajapati, receive his overdue pension. primelookindia.com via CG/DPR

Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai commends Ankaj Kumar Prajapati in a State Foundation Day letter after his helpline complaint helps secure the payment.

Key Highlights

• Ankaj Kumar Prajapati called the Chief Minister’s Helpline, 1076, about his father’s overdue social assistance pension.
• Dhuran Prajapati, a resident of Jarhadih village in Balrampur district, received the pending amount after officials acted on the complaint.
• Sai sent the family a letter under Vishnu Ki Paati and praised Ankaj for taking up his father’s case.

Raipur: When Dhuran Prajapati’s social assistance pension was delayed, his son Ankaj Kumar Prajapati called the Chief Minister’s Helpline to register a complaint. Officials acted on the complaint, and the elderly resident of Jarhadih village in Balrampur district received the amount he was owed.

Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai sent Dhuran Prajapati and his family a Vishnu Ki Paati letter on the occasion of Chhattisgarh’s State Foundation Day. In the letter, Sai said pensions help older people meet their everyday expenses and that clearing the overdue payment had brought relief to Prajapati.

Sai praised Ankaj for bringing his father’s problem to the administration’s attention. He said looking after one another’s needs, particularly in difficult times, was an important source of support within families.

The Chief Minister said the 1076 helpline gives people a direct way to bring grievances to the state government. He added that the government aims to make welfare benefits easier to access and respond to citizens’ complaints with sensitivity.