Dehradun: Officers should take the public problems raised by the MLAs very seriously. Officers should constantly communicate with the MLAs to resolve various problems of the assembly constituencies. For the successful implementation of the announcements made under all the 70 assemblies of the state and other important schemes, the responsibility should be given to the officers of the Additional Secretary level to act as a bridge between the government-administration and the assembly constituency. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami gave these instructions to the officers while reviewing the Chief Minister’s announcements and other works of the assemblies falling under the Tehri Lok Sabha constituency in the Secretariat on Wednesday.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister directed the Chief Secretary that the various works going on in each assembly should also be reviewed at the Chief Secretary level. He said that the departmental secretaries should also regularly review their departments for quick resolution of the problems of the assembly constituencies. The Chief Minister himself will review the assemblies falling under each Lok Sabha constituency every three months. In the meeting, the information about the action taken on the public problems related to their assembly raised by the MLAs should be made available to the concerned MLAs and the Chief Minister’s office within a week. The Chief Minister said that solving public problems is the top priority of the state government. It should be ensured that there is no unnecessary delay in works related to public interest.
During the meeting, the Chief Minister directed the officials to expedite all construction works after the monsoon. He asked all the MLAs to send proposals for works to be completed in the short, medium and long term in their assembly constituencies. The Chief Minister directed the officials to regularly monitor the ongoing schemes and complete the schemes in a timely manner.
During the meeting, the MLAs raised issues related to construction and widening of roads, health facilities, solution to the problem of waterlogging, beautification works, water for irrigation, drainage and sewerage problems, embankment construction, construction of drains and other problems. The Chief Minister directed the officials to resolve all the problems quickly. It was informed in the meeting that out of 469 announcements made by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami under Tehri Lok Sabha constituency, 305 announcements have been completed, work on the remaining announcements is in progress.
Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan directed all the secretaries and district magistrates to take immediate action on the problems of their assembly constituency informed by the MLAs. Information about the action in matters related to announcements should be given to the concerned MLAs and the announcement cell. He directed both the divisional commissioners to act as a bridge between the MLAs, secretaries and district magistrates to resolve public problems.
Cabinet Minister Ganesh Joshi, MLA Khajan Das, MLA Kishore Upadhyay, Pritam Singh Panwar, Suresh Singh Chauhan, Shakti Lal Shah, Sahdev Pundir, Mrs. Savita Kapoor, Umesh Sharma Kau, Durgeshvar Lal, Vice President of Establishment Monitoring Council Vishwas Dabur, Principal Secretary RK Sudhanshu, LL Fanai, Dr.R. Meenakshi Sundaram, Secretaries, Additional Secretaries, Heads of various departments and the concerned District Magistrates were present through virtual medium.
