hyderabad with reports of some unscrupulous elements trying to lure the dalit bandhu beneficiaries by offering cash payments to sell their vehicles at a lesser price emerging from some districts the state government has swung into action to make the units given under the scheme nontransferablesome of the beneficiaries who purchased cars tractors and other transport vehicles are being approached by middlemen in karimnagar and other districts to sell their units of the 29000 beneficiaries 15000 have opted for cars and other transport vehicles worried over the fallout the government has directed the transport department not to change the name of the original owner dalit bandhu beneficiary in registration of vehicles also the vehicle will be hypothecated to the district unit of the telangana state scheduled caste cooperative development corporation for five years corporation md p karunakar confirmed to toi that though the local mlas have urged the government to keep the hypothecation period to three years the government stuck to the fiveyear tenure a meeting held by finance minister t harish rao in sangareddy a couple of months ago proposed to evolve a mechanism to ensure that the vehicles given under dalit bandhu are not sold or transferred to otherssoon guidelines will be issued that any unit sanctioned under dalit bandhu especially vehicles cannot be sold or transferred for five years other guidelines are also being formulated officials said a special monitoring cell comprising senior officials will be given the task of ensuring that the beneficiaries retain their assetsthe government is also trying to convince the soontobe beneficiaries to diversify into various fields instead of opting for only transport vehicles apollo hospitals has come forward to help set up small diagnostic centres within rs 10 lakh budget in villages in coordination with the state government under dalit bandhu said an officiallikewise a few other companies have come forward to set up atm kiosks for the benefit of dalit bandhu beneficiaries we are holding talks with various companies including dairy units to encourage milk production and digital land survey machinery units as real estate is booming in the state said karunakarthe state government is releasing the budget from time to time and the scheme will cover all the eligible sc families in the state in a phased manner he added