CHANDIGARH
Amid complaints by Punjab Congress leaders of being allegedly cold-shouldered by the bureaucracy, chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday instructed deputy commissioners (DCs) to be courteous in their dealings and give due respect to MLAs.
Chairing a meeting of DCs, the CM asked them to tighten their belts to push development and welfare projects to fulfil the aspirations of the people in line with the government’s development agenda for the state.
‘FOCUS ON HEALTH EDUCATION’
He also asked them to prioritise the core sectors of education, health, power and water for ensuring quality of life, besides directed them to go for extensive monitoring of various development and welfare schemes related to these sectors to ensure strict implementation of such programmes.
To ensure smooth delivery of citizen-centric services, the CM asked DCs to personally keep close tabs on the functioning of the Sewa Kendras in order to curtail the pendency of applications for seeking various citizen services.
Amarinder directed them to instruct the revenue officials to ensure prompt disposal of transfer of property, partition, mutation cases etc. He directed them to convene monthly meetings of grievance redressal committee and send comprehensive reports within the stipulated time frame.
{{/usCountry}}Amarinder directed them to instruct the revenue officials to ensure prompt disposal of transfer of property, partition, mutation cases etc. He directed them to convene monthly meetings of grievance redressal committee and send comprehensive reports within the stipulated time frame.
{{/usCountry}}‘CHECK POWER THEFT’
Taking serious note of electricity theft in the border areas, especially in Tarn Taran district (71.29%), the CM said this led to huge losses to the state exchequer, and must be checked. He asked the Tarn Taran DC to work out a strategy with the police and Punjab State Power Corporation Limited to stamp out this menace.
On the issue of drugs, the CM expressed satisfaction over the perceptible decrease in the number of drug users and huge seizure of drugs, as well as the arrest of several drug peddlers and smugglers.
‘TIE UP WITH LEADING EMPLOYERS’
Reviewing the progress of his government’s flagship “Ghar Ghar Rozgar” programme, the CM asked the DCs to tie up with leading employers, industrialists, business groups and job providers for sourcing of vacancies with a package of ₹3 lakh per annum and above.
Reviewing the progress of social security and welfare schemes, the CM asked DCs to intensify their efforts for recruitment of staff in “Sakhi - One Stop Centres”, besides identifying suitable land for establishment of Sakhi centres and Child Care Institutions.
He asked DCs to expeditiously fill vacancies in district child protection units to ensure safety and security of children. He also gave the DCs the target of issuing 100% unique disability identity cards by June 30, 2020, to all the divyangs who had paper certificates.