In a bid to expedite implementation of developmental schemes, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday directed Ministers and Secretaries to visit execution spots in various districts at least for four days every month.
The Chief Minister issued this direction while reviewing developmental activities in Kandhamal and Nuapada districts through a videoconferencing at the State Secretariat here. The concerned district Collectors appraised Patnaik about the development programmes being carried out in their respective districts.
The Chief Minister asked the Ministers and Secretaries to begin field visits from November 1. He wanted that electrification work in Nuapada, Kandhamal, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur districts should be completed by October 2016.
Additional Chief Secretary to CM Aditya Prasad Padhi, who toured Maoist-hit Kandhamal district recently, placed proposals for providing transport, health, power supply, tribal education and drinking water facilities in the district. Besides, he also suggested for construction of Aanganwadi centres and implementation of Mamata Scheme and horticulture and agriculture programmes. KBK Chief Administrator Ashok Kumar Tripathy presented a detailed report on activities taken up in Nuapada district.
He emphasised on taking up of horticulture and maize, cotton, oilseed and pulses cultivation to provide livelihood support to Nuapada people. Besides, he suggested for electricity connectivity to villages, combating fluoride contamination in drinking water and filling up of vacant teacher and doctor posts.
He also stressed on setting up offices of several Government departments at the district headquarters, construction of a staff quarter complex and accelerating of the Biju Expressway work and other schemes to prevent migration of labourers.
The Chief Minister asked officials to finalise a transfer policy for doctors for remote areas and use solar power for supply of drinking water in these districts.