The newly appointed district magistrate of Pauri, Sushil Kumar has stressed on facilitating speedy developmental works while preventing corruption in the official functioning. After assuming charge of the district magistrate, Kumar started the monitoring of each department while also issuing directions for ascertaining the welfare of the masses. The district magistrate instructed the chief medical officer to depute doctors to those hospitals where doctors had not been appointed. He issued this instruction while monitoring the medical and family wefare facility in the Pauri district on Wednesday.
Kumar instructed the CMO to initiate action for quashing the bonds of those doctors who had been appointed on the basis of the bond but were not present for their designated work. He directed that a letter be submitted to the director of health for the appointment of a lab technician and X-ray technician. Arrangement should be made to provide generic cheap medicines to patients in the government hospitals. He further said that the drive against the use of tobacco should be conducted in schools, colleges, offices and other institutions from May 15 to 31. The CMO Dr Manish Agrawal said that only 65 doctors are working in the district against the sanctioned posts of 263.There are five community heath centres, 10 primary health centres, 22 additional primary health centres and 242 mother child welfare centres in the district, officials stated.
Monitoging law and order along with traffic situation in the district, the ditrict magistrate directed the additional regional transport officer to conduct a joint drive involving the police and revenue department against violation of traffic regulations like overloading, speeding and drunken driving. Senior superintendent of police Mukhtar Mohsin said that there are 11 police stations and 25 police reporting posts in the district. For maintaining the law and order the regular police has 22 percent area under its jurisdiction while the revenue police has 78 percent area under its jurisdiction.The proposal to establish a police station in Thalisain and fire station at Srinagar has been sent to government, he informed.