Vijay Pal Singh was honored by the Raebareli administration on Thursday.
Raebareli:
A 98-year-old man from Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh, 79 km from the state capital, Lucknow, was honored by the district administration for being self-reliant and independent at his age. Vijay Pal Singh sells chana or boiled chickpeas on the streets of a Raebareli village.
A viral video shows Mr. Singh standing in front of what appears to be a platform or table on the side of a road and intensely focusing on preparing his chana while talking to a man who recorded the video. “The family is big,” he says, when asked about his family. The man went to work, squeezing lemon juice into the chana on a piece of newspaper, while answering the man’s questions.
When asked why he had to worry about this job at his age, Singh said he doesn’t want to stay home because it makes him feel weak.
District officials noted Vijay Pal Singh’s remarkable independence at age 98 after his videos went viral on social media.
He was invited to the District Magistrate’s office on Thursday and presented with Rs. 11,000 in cash. The Raebareli District Magistrate Vaibhav Shrivastava also presented him with a cane, a shawl and a certificate. The officer said the old man has a house under a government scheme.
“His video went viral and our Chief Minister had also noticed … We have given him a ration card. We have also given him funds for the construction of a bathroom. slime needs, the administration will cooperate. I like how social media brought her story to people. Slime it is an inspiration to us. Slime He told us that he is not doing this work out of obligation, but because he wanted to be aatmanirbhar (self-sufficient), “Shrivastava told reporters.
The old man walked with the support of his new cane and an official when they took him out of the government office after the presentation ceremony.
(With contributions from ANI)
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