Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Thursday cracked the whip on top babus to implement all his public announcements, which he had made since he assumed charge as Uttarakhand Chief Minister, in one week.
He further said in case any of his announcements found illogical, they should send him a note in a week. If they fail to do so, they would face action, the Chief Minister warned. The order has triggered panic among the officers.
On Thursday, when The Pioneer met the Principal Secretary, the Secretary, the Additional Secretary and the Joint Secretary, most of them were found busy instructing their officials to issue the Government order as per the CM's instruction.
Sources said that a few CM's announcements are unlikely to be implemented. For instance, the CM had announced that Doiwala community health centre will be developed as a 100-bed hospital and fund crunch would not be an issue. Now the official has rejected the proposition. According to the official, the 100-bed hospital would not be viable because within 10 kilometer there is Jollygrant hospital and within 20 kilometre AIIMS hospital is available.
Even if we spend money in building the hospital it would turn a white elephant.It seems the announcement was made because Rawat has eyes on Doiwala as the constituency he wants to contest from. Now, he is representing Dharchula Assembly constituency.Hence, the pressure mounted on the official to execute all such announcements in Pithoragarh district.The CM has categorically asked the officials to execute the announcements related to Pithoragarh district.
One additional secretary was heard shouting to the finance department under-secretary, who had made an adverse note on the Chief Minister's announcement.He was heard saying that diplomatic sentence would not do. He asked for a clearly written note so that he can produce it to the CM. Thereafter, the under-secretary was seen running with a bunch of files. He cleared the file and presented it before the secretary in a few minutes.