Chairing a meeting of departmental heads and revenue officials, District Collector of Gwalior Kaushalendra Vikram Singh asked the officials to conduct weekly Good Governance campaigns to address people’s issues and to improve public services delivery.
During the meeting the DM gave necessary instructions to the officers regarding disposal of grievances of the people in a time bound manner. He further asked them to create mass awareness about the various government schemes and facilitate people to avail online benefits of the same.
He also asked the officials to chalk out detailed plans of the activities to be held during the Good Governance campaigns to redress public grievances and improve service delivery mechanisms so that people are benefited at grass roots level. The charge to form the format for the rural areas was given to Upper Collector, H B Sharma while Upper Collector Ichchhit Gadpale was made the in charge of the urban area.
The DM also asked the Tehsildars to stay in their respective areas so as to reduce the burden of the common man. He asked them to be present in their respective offices and address the grievances of the people in a stipulated period. Taking a serious note of the practice of the Bhitarwar Tehsildar and Nayak Tehsildar shuttling every day between Gwalior and Bhitarwar, the DM said that action will be taken if they continue to do this. He said that they have to fix daily targets and complete the tasks within the stipulated time.
He asked the officers to keep the nurseries of the department encroachment free. Ensure that the nursery area which is encroached upon should be removed within a week. Minister of State Kushwaha asked to take concrete initiatives in the direction of promoting the export of other horticultural products like orange, onion, garlic etc.