Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandra Sekhar Rao said “Dalit Bandhu” scheme will uplift the poor dalit families. He visited his adoption village “Vasalamarri” on Wednesday and announced that he is granting Dalit Bandhu scheme to the 76 families of this village.

Speaking with the villagers, in his visit to “Vasalamarri” he said that each dalit family will get Rs. 10 Lakhs for providing self employment to that family. The 76 families will get the Dalit Bandhu scheme amount on Thursday by crediting their bank accounts, he said. He spent almost four hours in the village talking to the local residents, most of whom are SCs. He asked the people what they would do with the Dalit Bandhu amounts.

వాసాల‌మ‌ర్రిలోని 76 ద‌ళిత కుటుంబాల‌కు దళిత బంధు పథకం అమలు – ముఖ్యమంత్రి శ్రీ కేసీఆర్. pic.twitter.com/U0TH0OkCAm

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CM KCR said there are around 15 lakh to 17 lakh SC families in the State and the scheme will be implemented for round 10 lakh to 12 lakh families. The State government would spend a whopping Rs 1 lakh crore to Rs 1.2 lakh crore on it in the coming years.

The CM said that SCs in Vasalamarri would be given arable lands. Even if you got Rs 10 lakh under Dalit Bandhu, other benefits like Rythu Bandhu, ration card and free power will be continued, he assured the villagers. Encouraging the SCs to grow financially by starting their own business, he said that the World Bank team should visit Vasalamarri in the future to study the success story of SCs in the country. Yadadri-Bhongir Collector Pamela Satpathy, as well as several TRS leaders, was present on the occasion.