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<keyword id="16583209" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="hetaram-satnami" source="Orion">Hetaram Satnami</keyword>, a physically challenged man who lives in a remote village in <keyword id="6357961" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="odisha" source="Orion">Odisha</keyword>'s <keyword id="190801" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="nuapada" source="Orion">Nuapada</keyword> district, had to travel 2 km every month through a dense forest to collect his government pension. This month, however, he did not have to face the ordeal as a drone came with the cash and dropped it at his house in Bhutkapada village in <keyword id="16583211" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="bhaleswar" source="Orion">Bhaleswar</keyword> panchayat area. "The sarpanch sent the money with the help of a drone. It's a big relief for me as the panchayat office is over 2 km away from the village, which is surrounded by a dense forest," said a beaming <keyword id="3691762" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="satnami" source="Orion">Satnami</keyword>, who is a beneficiary of the state's <keyword id="3012366" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="madhu-babu-pension-yojana" source="Orion">Madhu Babu Pension Yojana</keyword>. <keyword id="16583210" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="sarpanch-saroj-agarwal" source="Orion">Sarpanch Saroj Agarwal</keyword> said she bought a drone online after getting to know about Satnami's ordeal. "In our panchayat area, there is a village located in the forest, Bhutkapada. A physically-challenged man, <keyword id="16583208" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="hetaram-satanami" source="Orion">Hetaram Satanami</keyword>, lives in that village. He can't move, since birth," Agarwal said. "I enrolled him for the pension under the state scheme. I have seen how things are sent through drones in other countries. That's why I placed the order for a drone and got the money delivered to his doorstep," she said. <keyword id="16583207" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="subadar-pradhan" source="Orion">Subadar Pradhan</keyword>, the block development officer (<keyword id="6376639" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="bdo" source="Orion">BDO</keyword>) of Nuapada, said it was made possible with Agarwal's own initiative as the government does not have the provision to buy such devices to deliver services. Drones are being used across the world to deliver different goods, including medicines, parcels, groceries and food, but delivering cash, that too in India, is a first-of-a-kind initiative. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/sena-vs-sena-plea-in-sc-against-ecs-decision-on-bow-and-arrow-dispute/articleshow/98084864.cms">Sena vs Sena: Plea in SC against EC's decision on "Bow and Arrow" dispute</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/adani-group-stocks-meltdown-continues-on-monday/articleshow/98084715.cms">Adani group stocks meltdown continues on Monday – Adani Enterprises sees the biggest decline</a>

Drone brings govt pension to disabled man who lives in Odisha village surrounded by dense forest

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Drone brings govt pension to disabled man who lives in Odisha village surrounded by dense forest

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