Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday launched a programme called ‘Lok Milni (public interaction)’ for redressal of the people’s grievances on the spot.
"This is a humble step of my government to make sure that we facilitate the people for resolving their long pending administrative issues”, said the Chief Minister while launching this program here at Punjab Bhawan.
The Chief Minister said that this interactive program is aimed at ensuring a single window platform to the people for redressal of their complaints. Mann said that top brass of his government accompany him during this ‘Lok Milni’ to ensure that the matters flagged by people are immediately resolved on the spot. He said that this endeavour is aimed at ensuring that people do not have to run pillar to post for getting their works done.
As many as 61 complainants listed their grievances before the Chief Minister during this ‘Lok Milni’ at the Punjab Bhawan. He directed the top officers of the various departments present on the occasion to ensure immediate resolution of these complaints in a time bound and result oriented manner. Mann said that he will be personally monitoring the status of these complaints every week adding that any sort of dereliction in this act will not be tolerated at any cost.
Addressing a complaint, the Chief Minister asked the department of Social Justice and Empowerment to immediately release the pending arrears of the ‘Shagun scheme’ to the eligible beneficiaries. On another complaint Mann asked the Water Resources department to ensure that drinking water was supplied to each and every beneficiary without any prejudice. On the complaint of Seema Rani, whose husband had passed away during Covid 19 pandemic about two years ago, the CM asked the officers to ensure that she gets the job at the earliest as per government’s policy.
Mann said that the state government is adopting a zero tolerance policy towards the menace of drugs and this curse will be wiped out of the state. He said that the foolproof and transparent result of the Police recruitment test will be declared soon adding that the selected candidates will be given appointment letters soon. He also issued a slew of instructions to various other departments for immediate resolution of public grievances.
On the occasion Chief Secretary Anirudh Tewari, Director General of Police VK Bhawra, Additional Chief Secretaries Seema Jain, Sarabjit Singh, Anurag Aggarwal and Anurag Verma, Principal Secretaries Tejvir Singh, RK Ghanta, Alok Shekhar, Vivek Pratap Singh, Secretaries Gurkirat Kirpal Singh, Sumedh Singh Gurjar, Ajoy Sharma and others were also present.
CM HANDS OVER 57 JOB LETTERS TO APPOINTEES ON COMPASSIONATE GROUND
In another function, Mann on Monday handed over appointment letters to 57 appointees on compassionate ground in the Local Government and Police department.
Handing over the appointment letters on compassionate ground to the appointees at Punjab Bhawan, the CM wished them success in their career and a bright future. He said that out of these 57 appointees, 50 are from the Local Government department whereas seven are from the Police department. Bhagwant Mann said that the appointees have passed through several hardships after passing away of their breadwinners.
He said that the loss of their beloved ones was irreparable and could never be compensated by anyone. However, Bhagwant Mann said that these appointments will help in mitigating the woes of these aggrieved families and help them to lead their lives with dignity. The Chief Minister said that he had already asked all the departments to expedite the process of filling the posts meant for compassionate appointments.
Mann said that the state government has launched a massive recruitment drive to fill 26,754 posts, adding that he had already asked the various departments to speed up the process of filling these posts. He further said that the state government is committed to complete the process of filling these posts in a transparent and fair manner.