Odisha: Bank service lastly reaches this river island 75 years after Independence
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Express News Service
SAMBALPUR: It took 75 years of Independence for banking service to achieve the folks of river island Kud Gunderpur underneath Dhankauda block with the opening of a customer support level (CSP) within the gram panchayat on Monday.
This island was linked with the mainland after development of a bridge over Mahanadi river in February final yr. The CSP of Utkal Grameen Bank has been opened by Odisha Livelihood Mission (OLM) with help from Sambalpur district administration.
Block growth officer (BDO) of Dhankauda Basanta Hati mentioned earlier, inhabitants of the island have been depending on Goshala, Burla and different close by locations for banking providers and therefore, confronted lots of difficulties. The CSP has resolved a protracted pending drawback of the panchayat. It will cater to monetary providers to round 10,000 inhabitants, he mentioned.
Project director (PD) of the district rural growth company (DRDA), Sambalpur Sukanta Tripathy mentioned, Kud Gunderpur was backward in healthcare, training, and communication because of lack of connectivity to the mainland.
Kud Gunderpur, positioned round 35 km from Sambalpur city, is a patch of land surrounded by Mahanadi. The panchayat includes six villages of Kud Gunderpur, Kud Tabda, Kud Jampali, Kud Amlipali, Kud Mahada and Kud Patakhai. “Since the government is now laying thrust on economic development of the GPs, the CSP was opened here. The villagers would now avail banking facilities like opening of bank accounts, deposit, withdrawal of money to repayment of loans closeby,” he added.
