On the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, the district administration held a first Suwidha camp at Sewa Kendra in District Administrative Complex on Thursday.
As many as 1268 applications were received from people for various programs.
A total of 1032 applications were received from the people for availing the waive off electricity bills' arrears upto 2 KW load, 177 were for various kind of pensions and others.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (D) Amit Kumar Panchal along with SDM Jagdeep Sehgal visited the camp and interacted with the people.
Panchal said that it was an opportunity for the people to get the benefit of several schemes under one roof without needing to visit different offices.
He informed that these camps would prove a boon for the underprivileged sections by offering benefits of various schemes.
He also appealed the people to avail benefit of mega Suvidha Camps to be held at district and sub-division level on October 28 and 29.