06-07-2025
Jalgaon dist admin to visit 100-year-olds to ensure wellbeing, provide assistance
Nashik: In a bid to ensure wellbeing, security and to provide necessary legal assistance, Jalgaon district administration has developed to conduct home visits to meet the elderly.
The initiative will be conducted in two phases. In the first, officials will cater to senior citizens aged over 100 years and to those aged 90 years and above in the second.
Jalgaon collector Ayush Prasad said: "There are about 560 people over the age of 100 years across the district according to our data. We have asked respective tehsildars and sub-divisional officers to visit the homes of these individuals and ensure their wellbeing."
During home visits, officials would also try to understand issues that families, neighbours and communities face, which in turn will help facilitate their resolution while remaining within legal framework.
Prasad said: "The intention behind visiting homes is to ensure the wellbeing of individuals and senior citizens who are heavily dependent on their children and grandchildren, those who care for three generations, including grandparents, parents and their own children.
These visits will help us understand their needs and take appropriate measures."
Major issues faced by this age group of people include updating Aadhaar with iris scans, problems related to land titles, transfer of rights, continuation of pensions—whether for retired individuals, freedom fighters, pensioners for Misa prisoners during emergencies—and benefits under Vayashri Yojana, widow's pension, monthly assistance under various govt schemes, life certificates for different govt schemes, health issues, and assistance required through the Ayushmaan Gold Card, among others.
The collector also said: "Revenue officials—tehsildars and sub-divisional officers—can coordinate with 20 different govt departments, while the collectorate can work with 50 departments. We will use these powers to seek solutions to the issues faced by citizens and their families and ensure compliance."
"The plan aims to complete these visits by July 20 and then commence visits for citizens aged 90 years and above, which involve manageable numbers," he added.
The move comes days after an elderly woman suffering from skin cancer was found abandoned in a garbage dump by her grandson in Mumbai.
