Thursday, 12 August 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The Uttarakhand transport department received a total of 1,889 applications from the public transport operators, conductors and cleaners on the first day to register as the beneficiaries for the monetary aid provided by the State Government. The transport department recently invited applications from public transport operators, conductors and cleaners of the State from Wednesday as potential beneficiaries for the monetary aid of Rs 2,000 to each eligible beneficiary whose livelihood was affected due to Covid-curfew. The department will send Rs 2,000 for the next six months to the bank accounts of the eligible beneficiaries as per the recent orders.
The deputy transport commissioner of the department Sanat Kumar Singh informed that the department received a total of 1,889 applications on Wednesday through the portal http://uk.gov.in out of which only 185 were approved, 16 were kept on hold, two were rejected while the remaining 1,686 applications are pending for approval. “It was the first day of registering at the portal due to which numbers of applicants were less but this number will surely rise in the next few days,” said Singh.
