Dehradun

Officials told to address residents' woes on priority

PNS

The Udham Singh Nagar district administration has asked the officials concerned to address the grievances of the people received at the multipurpose camp organised at Jaspur on Monday within a fortnight.

Pankaj Kumar Pande, District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar, while listening to the problems of the people at the multipurpose camp, asked the officials concerned of different departments to solve the issues on priority basis within a fortnight.

As the officials concerned informed as many as 100 complaints were received at this grievance redressal forum, out of which 40 problems were solved on the spot. Officials concerned of the different department were directed to work out the rest of the grievances of the common people in next 15 days.

At the same time, different departments including agriculture, animal husbandry, horticulture, jal sansthan, power department to

name a few also set up stalls at this multipurpose camp to highlight popular schemes being run by them and informed the people about these schemes.

Besides, as many as 49 girls were also given fixed deposits worth Rs25, 000 each under the Gaura Devi Kanyadhan scheme at this multipurpose camp at Jaspur.

The DM also directed the officials concerned of the district social welfare department to approve different popular schemes including old age, widow and handicap pensions on time so that the beneficiaries could avail the benefits of these schemes.

More importantly, participants also availed health facilities at this camp as the

district health department organised a health camp on

this occasion at Jaspur on Monday.

Following complaints the DM also ordered an inquiry into poor quality works done in construction of a canal by the irrigation department in Haldu area of the district.