Chhattisgarh Correspondent Korba, 31 December. Although Savitri Bai is now about 65 years old, she still remembers that when she came to this village 47-48 years ago, her agricultural land got submerged in Bango. After the fields got submerged in water about five decades ago, Savitri Bai grows crops in about half an acre with her husband. She also runs a small hotel in Satrenga. Their income is only when the tourists who come to the picnic spot here eat food, otherwise there is no guarantee of their income. Savitri Bai is happy that even after waiting for the tourists to come the whole day for income, even if no one comes, she is not worried much now, because every month one thousand rupees are deposited in her account from Mahtari Vandan Yojana. This amount is very useful for her. The Mahtari Vandan amount is used to run the household expenses. Savitri Bai of Jhoribahar Satrenga village under Korba block told that after the marriage of her sons, all of them live separately. She told that she came to this village after marriage. When she was 22 years old, her agricultural land got submerged in water in Bango Dubhan. After the fields got submerged in water, she had to earn a living by doing manual labour. Meanwhile, she has opened a small hotel in Satrenga picnic spot. Some income is earned by tourists coming here and eating food in her hotel. She told that it is not certain that she will earn something every day, but since the government of Chief Minister Vishnu Dev has started the Mahtari Vandan Yojana, there is a guarantee of one thousand rupees coming into the account. She told that this amount also helps in running the hotel. Many times, when she does not have money to buy rice, vegetables and other items for the hotel, she uses the amount received from the scheme and earns extra money from this money. The amount of Mahtari Vandan also helps in buying other household items.