Eluru: Rs 2.03 crores disbursed under Nethanna Nestam

Eluru: West Godavari Collector R Muthyala Raju has disbursed Rs 2.03 crore to 849 weavers under YSR Nethanna Nestam scheme. He handed over cheque for the sum to the beneficiaries here on Saturday to mark the launch of the scheme by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy through videoconference from Tadepalli.

The Collector said a sum of Rs 24,000 has been credited to the accounts of the beneficiaries under the scheme. The weavers who owns a loom and depends on it for livelihood were benefitted by the scheme.

Village/ward volunteers and staff of handlooms department surveyed and identified the beneficiaries, who have been geotagged, the collector said. Joint Collector (Welfare) N Tej Bharat, MLC Ramu Suryarao and others watched the scheme launching from Eluru.