It was a shocking news for the people of Dhar district on teachers’ day when in the morning they received the news of transfer of Dhar collector Alok Kumar Singh in a very short period of just 1 year 4 months.
Dhar collector Alok Singh is a down to earth person for the common man the tribal people said that he was the first collector in past many years who travelled to various remote villages of Dhar tehsil which is situated around 200 kilometers from Dhar district headquarter and saw the execution of government schemeshimself.
During the second wave of corona, he stayed overnight in various remote villages of Dhar tehsil. A villager of Kukshi Sudama Dabur told that during the visit of collector Alok Singh when he complained about his problem to DM about the powerful lobby encroaching his land collector immediately ordered the demarcation and got his land freed from the powerful people for this, he will be thankful lifelong. Collector Alok Kumar Singh was constantly keeping eye on the mineral mining and sand mining in his district.
The food grain public distribution system gained a new height as the food grain of the people who returned after the lockdown to the villages were given in bulk of all the previous months and was delivered to their door step.
Sources of Pithampur industrial area told that he facilitated the smooth functioning of factories so that maximum local people get employment and also organized vaccination drives for the factory workers in various factory premises.
The district hospital and the hospital at the block level were renovated and equipped with several beds and oxygen plant on war footing during his tenure. The historic place Mandu and various other places of cultural heritage were developed as picnic spot by him which will boost the national and international tourism in the Dhar district and provide employment to thousands of people and will also stop migration of tribals.