Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand on Tuesday chaired a meeting of district-level senior officials of various departments in Balrampur headquarters of Balrampur-Ramanujganj district of Surguja Revenue Division.
He reviewed the administrative activities of the districts as well as the schemes of various departments.
The Chief Secretary said that Balrampur-Ramanujganj is a newly formed district and all the officials should work with team spirit as per the policies of the State Government for the development of this district.
Additional Chief Secretary (Finance department) DS Mishra, Additional Chief Secretary of Tribal Caste and Scheduled Caste Development Department NK Aswal, Principal Secretary to PWD and Urban Administration Department RP Mandal and other senior officials of Government and administration were also present at the meeting.
The Chief Secretary instructed the divisional officials to visit the district every month and review the progress of works there.
He instructed the Health Department officials to immediately start making arrangements for the prevention of contagious seasonal diseases during summer and also in upcoming monsoon.
They have been instructed to provide sufficient stock of life-saving medicines to each of the District hospitals, Community and Primary Health Centres, Sub-Health Centres, Depot holders and Mitanins. Water purification work should also be done at war footing, Dhand insisted.
While reviewing the works of Food Department, Dhand instructed the officials concerned to start a drive for physical verification of ration cardholders in the district.
He also collected information about the paddy procurement and custom milling done in fiscal year 2013-14.
He also insisted upon increasing the number rice millers in the district. He took note of the district administration’s initiatives for Sainik recruitment and instructed the officials concerned to make proper arrangements for training the youngsters before recruitment.
Chief Secretary instructed all the Sub-Divisional Officers (SDOs) of Revenue Department to complete the map computerisation work within a month.
While reviewing the works of Health Department, Chief Secretary enquired about the vacant posts of Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery (ANM) in the department. He expressed dissatisfaction over the decreasing number of institutional deliveries and instructed to make efforts for increasing number of institutional deliveries in sub health centres.
Chief Secretary also sought the information about the number of children in the district suffering from malnutrition.
In the meeting, ACS DS Mishra insisted upon the need for betterment of health services in the district and also issued necessary instructions in the context to the officials concerned. Chief Secretary instructed the Joint Director Health Services of Surguja Division to go on inspection visit to the district every month.
In the meeting, Chief Secretary reviewed the works of Horticulture Department, instructed Collector Dr CR Prasanna to sanction funds under MNREGA for development of an old nursery in the district.
ACS NK Aswal enquired about the condition of hostels and ashrams in the district. He instructed the officials to complete construction of hostels and ashram schools at war footing.
Meanwhile, Assistant Commissioner Tribal Development presented a proposal of expanding the capacity of a local hostel ashram from 25-bed to 50 bed. Mr Aswal instructed that inspection of the hostel ashram should be done by appointed nodal officers accompanied by ANMs of Health Department.
SP GS Darro presented the proposal of road construction from Sabaag to Chunchuna-Pundag. Principal Secretary PWD RP Mandal instructed the Collector to sanction funds from IAP for construction of this road. In the meeting, Inspector General of Police Surguja Division, TJ langkumer along with other division and district-level officers were also present.