Dehradun: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday directed the officials in a high-level meeting at the Chief Minister’s residence to strictly follow the law and order. The outsiders living in the state should be thoroughly verified. The Chief Minister gave strict instructions to the officials that whatever outsiders are coming to buy land in the state, for what purpose are they buying the land? Along with the criminal details, the purpose of purchasing the land will also have to be told. They should be asked to fill the declaration form on the prescribed format. Before outsiders buy land, it should also be thoroughly investigated that there is no criminal case going on against them, if a criminal case is found against any person during the investigation, then it should be clearly mentioned on the format. The Chief Minister has directed that people with criminal tendencies should be identified. He said that strict action will be taken against those who play with law and order. The Chief Minister directed the Chief Secretary to review the problems of forest fire, drinking water and electricity through regular meetings. Whatever effective measures are to be taken to avoid such problems in future, should be done soon. Strict action should be taken against those who are negligent in their work. The Chief Minister has given instructions to keep all preparations complete in view of disaster management and the upcoming Kanwar. He said that senior officers of the government should be in regular touch with all the District Magistrates, any request for help from the districts should be resolved as soon as possible.
The Chief Minister instructed the officers in the meeting to ensure that the funds of the public welfare schemes being run by the government through various departments reach the beneficiary soon through DBT. The Finance Department and the Information Technology Department should take immediate action on this. Public problems should be resolved quickly. Along with water conservation and enhancement, the Chief Minister also gave instructions to run a campaign for tree plantation on a large scale. It should be linked to the public campaign. The Chief Minister has also given instructions to pay special attention to rainwater harvesting as well as to make people aware about it.
Chief Secretary Mrs. Radha Raturi, DGP Abhinav Kumar, Secretary R. Meenakshi Sundaram, Dilip Jawalkar, Shailesh Bagoli, Vinay Shankar Pandey, ADG A.P. Anshuman, Special Secretary Dr. Parag Madhukar Dhakate, Vice President MDDA Banshidhar Tiwari, Additional Secretary J.C. Kandpal were present in the meeting.
