Paralysed in one leg, BLO completes SIR work in UP’s Amethi, district to honour her with special dinner

“I completed the task yesterday… The Sub-Divisional Magistrate invited my family and I for dinner… I feel proud to be honoured in the district for finishing the assignment,” Rajrani said over the phone.

A resident of Sangrampur village in Amethi, Rajrani completed her intermediate education and has been an anganwadi worker since 2007. Her responsibilities range from conducting household surveys and overseeing vaccination drives to distributing nutrition under the Poshan programme and teaching young children through learning activities, among other duties.

“I was assigned Booth No. 212, which has 753 voters. I received the forms on November 6 and began the work the very next day. My daughter (aged 21) rode the bicycle while I sat behind her, and together we visited every household in the booth area,” said Rarani.

Booth No. 212 falls under the Tilohi Assembly constituency.

“I handed out the forms to voters, asked them to fill them out and return them to me. I also told them that if they faced any difficulty, they could come to me with their photographs…,” she added.

Rajrani said she would sit outside her house early in the morning and fill out the forms. “Most people in my area are uneducated and depend entirely on farming. So, for almost all forms, I filled in the details myself and later got them digitised,” she said.

She said she suffered a polio attack when she was seven years old, which left her left leg paralysed.

Her husband, Rajaram, is currently unemployed. Rajrani said she has been the primary earner for her family, taking up every responsibility to keep the household running.

She added that for those who were unable to visit her home, she went to their houses. “My daughter, Preeti, and I rode from one residence to another, and I filled out the forms for them at their doorstep,” she said.

When contacted, Amethi Sub-Divisional Magistrate Amit Kumar Singh confirmed that he had invited Rajrani and her family for a special dinner to honour her exceptional service.