With ongoing Jat agitation picking pace across the State, senior IAS officers have been appointed by the Haryana Government to guide and support the Deputy Commissioners in eight districts.
The senior bureaucrats were asked to reach the respective district latest by the noon of February 18 and remain present there till the forenoon of February 20 to appropriately guide and support the Deputy Commissioners as per their needs and based on any input that might independently be received by them, said an official spokesman.
IAS officer Dhanpat Singh has been deputed at Rohtak, while P K Das, R R Jowel and Anurag Rastogi have been deputed at Jind, Jhajjar and Hisar respectively.
Anand Mohan Sharan, Anil Malik, Shrikant Walgad and A K Singh have been deputed at Kaithal, Sonipat, Bhiwani and Panipat, respectively, the spokesman said.
The senior IAS officers have been deputed following the intelligence reports that the ongoing Jat agitation may go in the hands of anti-social elements leading to law and order problems in the state after February 19.
Yashpal Malik, chief of ABJASS, has announced to observe “balidan divas” on February 19 in the state in the memory of those who lost their lives during Jat agitation. A large number of people are expected to gather at dharna spots in Rohtak and Jind on February 19.
The official spokesperson said that the State Government has observed that even as some districts are nearing the holding of last of their ‘Basant Melas’ for promotion of cashless transactions and disseminating information on all citizen services being extended by various Departments of the State Government, the Deputy Commissioners are to focus on coordinating efforts to ensure that the ongoing Jat dharnas remain peaceful.