By Express News Service

VISAKHAPATNAM: Dharmasagaram village of Narsipatnam mandal in the district is the first village where all the transactions are being done cashless. Assistant collector Saikanth Varma made efforts to make the village a cashless transaction village.

After the demonetisation, Varma visited the village and trained 29 students of the village in the cashless transactions and told them about its benefits.

Joint Collector G Shrujana planting

a sapling at Dharmasagaram village

of Narsipatnam mandal on Tuesday

With the help of the students, the assistant collector also interacted with the families in the village and explained them about the need and benefits of the cashless transactions. To cap his efforts, Andhra Bank also extended its services and successfully opened accounts to all the eligible persons in the village. The bank issued debit cards to the customers and also provided PoS machines to the vendors in the village.

Now, all the villagers are purchasing all their needs like milk and essential commodities and groceries from the grocery shops through plastic currency. The officials are also paying MGNREGS wages and pensions , through online.

Joint collector G Srijana visited the village on Tuesday and interacted with the villagers. On the occasion, she congratulated Saikanth Varma, Andhra Bank officials and particularly the villagers on their cashless transaction. The joint collector planted a sapling to mark the occasion.

Andhra Bank DGM B Vijaya Lakshmi said with the support of the government officials, Dharmasagaram had been transformed into a cashless village and more number of villages would be transformed into cashless, she added.