The Punjab Government has fully geared up its administrative machinery for timely completion of construction and operationalisation of 2,174 Sewa Kendras in rural and urban areas.
Under the project, apart from setting up Sewa Kendras, the services of every department would be made available to citizens at their doorsteps in a hassle-free manner, within a minimum time period from these centers. Chief Secretary Sarvesh Kaushal on Friday reviewed the project in a high-level meeting with officials of Department of Governance Reforms and Deputy Commissioners through video conferencing, said.
Under the project, 1,750 rural and 424 urban unified service delivery centres would be established to provide 223 citizen-centric services to the urban as well as rural populace under a single roof. Chief Secretary instructed Secretary Governance Reforms to have meeting with senior officials of BSNl to resolve all connectivity issues to impart seamless connectivity to Sewa Kendras. A spokesperson said that in urban areas, one such centre would be planned within a radius of 1.5 to 2.5 sqkm based upon population density, while in rural areas, one service delivery centre would be planned for every cluster of villages having a population between 8,000 and 10,000.