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Reach Of DTH: An Inspiring Story

Anita devi, a 60-year-old lady working as maid faced the worst situation when her only son died of tuberculosis. He did not receive the required treatment as they were not aware of government’s Ayushman scheme. We hear lot of government schemes but somehow implementation is not as accurate as it should be, and as a result these initiatives does not reach to wider and deserving people. A lot of times government declares a useful scheme but few months later the targeted beneficiaries are still waiting for someone to reach them with the process. How a scheme can be implemented in every home of the rural or urban slum? The government bodies should learn it from DTH (Direct to home) providers. The reason is that on visiting any rural or urban slum in our country, one similarity is the availability of Dish antennas on most of the slum houses. These DTH providers can “reach” every home with a purpose and their implementation is successful most of the times. In communities where there i

Lift To A Police Officer

This was a normal day till I met someone on my way back to home. At 7 PM evening, I packed my bag and left for home. It was a long day in office like most of the days in the life of software engineer, but something positive was waiting for me on that day. I ride back to home on my two-wheeler as my home is just 5 km from office. I saw one person asking for lift near the sector 22 market and most of the people were ignoring him. I stopped by and he asked me if I can drop him to Rezang La Square where he was supposed to meet his colleagues. I agreed and we started off the journey. He was a middle-aged policeman working with Gurgaon police since last 20 years. He asked me "why did you stop and give lift to me". At first instance, the question sound weird to me but then I remember number of instances where people take lift and then loot the rider. So, I told him that "you are in police uniform, so I trust you". These words shocked him as he told me that bec