Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav took the bureaucratic circle by surprise when he made a surprise visit during Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan’s review meeting on law & order and development front in lucknow on Saturday.
Not only this, Yadav warned officials of stern action stressing that he would not make any compromise on law and order situation and developmental work.
“Any dip in law and order situation especially communal flare-up, both the DM and the SP will be held accountable and shunted out,” warned Yadav stressing that officers should now spend more time in field and directly supervise the situation.
The Chief Minister maintained that that government’s image is shaped by officials and hence it is their responsibility to maintain law and order and attach importance to qualitative development work.
“The working of departments like health, power, roads, food and civil supplies etc, which are directly linked to people, should be taken up at the right earnest and improved,” said the CM.
Yadav, who has often complained of adverse media reportage, asked officials to provide full facts regarding heinous crimes in order to ensure that the media gave a proper and balanced coverage.
Claiming that his government was committed to conductuing peaceful Panchayat polls in the state, Yadav told officials to stay extra vigilant. He also instructed officials to keep in touch with public who could help during exigencies especially in view of the upcoming festival season.
Yadav stressed on making the functioning of tehsils, thanas and blocks, corruption free and asked concerned officers to immediately issue pending financial sanctions for 2015-2016.
He said that introduction of lucknow Metro and lucknow-Agra Expressway would prove to be a milestone in addingfillip to development. He asked the officers to be sensitive towards the problems faced by the public particularly the down-trodden section which would help in instilling a sense of trust in the government.
Yadav also said that officers have been given liberty to discharge their duties by the SP government and hence they must now step up their efforts which would ensure better law and order and and overall development.
The Chief Secretary’s review meeting was attanded by Principal Secretary, Debasheesh Panda, Director General of Police, Jagmohan Yadav, all divisional commissioners, DMs and other senior administrative officers.