361 people benefited from mobile service camp

A total of 361 people benefited from the mobile service camp organized by Baglung Municipality at Bhakunde, in the district on Monday.

Those people got services, such as free health check up and medicine distribution, financial literacy, identity cards for disabled persons, project contracts, and soil test from the mobile service camp.

Baglung-10 Ward Chairperson, Til Bahadur Thapa informed that contracts for 16 projects were signed during the comp. All projects contracted during the camp also opened their bank accounts, accordingly.

Similarly, as many as 151 people received free health check up and treatment. Among them, 67 women had their uterus tested and treated. Total 104 people underwent tests for diabetes. Most of them received health check up, especially regarding their blood pressure and orthopedics. Even the number of women receiving gynecological service was significant, according to public health inspector at municipality, Ram Prasad Khanal.

Moreover, 30 people including the new ones were provided identity cards as disabled persons. Among them, 15 disabled ones are categorized 'A', 10 'B' and five 'C' in their identity cards.

The agricultural technicians from the camp reached farmers' fields and tested soil from 15 spots covering 40 ropanis of land. Chief of municipal agriculture section, Rahul KC, informed that most of the places had acidic soils.

Orientation was provided on financial literacy to almost about 45 people. Even the 15-member child-friendly local governance ward committees were formed to meet the indicators before announcing child friendly municipality.