Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday formed a six-member committee consisting of three Ministers, Damodar Rout, Usha Devi and Debi Prasad Mishra, and three bureaucrats, Development Commissioner R Balakrishnan, Energy Secretary Suresh Mohapatra and Health Secretary Arti Ahuja, to judge the best practices adopted by district Collectors in their districts.
The CM formed the committee soon after inaugurating a two-day district Collectors’ conference at the State Secretariat here.
The committee has been asked to judge the practices adopted by the Collectors in their districts and select the top three best practices. The Collectors of the selected top three best practices would be rewarded at the valedictory session of conference on Saturday.
Addressing the confernce, the CM said, “As the head of the administration at the district level, you play a critical role in the development process. You are the cutting edge of our service delivery system. Your leadership at the district level can significantly improve the performance.”
“I want that all of you should work hard with all sincerity and commitment so that the benefits of all our development and welfare schemes reach the intended beneficiaries till the last mile. My government will support you in all your pro-people initiatives,” Patnaik said.
Meanwhile, the performance of the Panchayati Raj Department was reviewed at the conference in which it was decided that each block would have a Adarsha Gram Panchayat to be selected by concerned district Collectors.
“The Adarsha Gram Panchayats will have all facilities like concrete road connectivity, sanitation systems, Kalyan Madaps, sewerage systems, drinking water facilities that are available in the urban areas,” said Pancyati Raj Department Minister Arun Sahu.
It was too decided that 15 lakh pucca houses would be constructed in the State in coming three years, he said.
While the implementation of various schemes of Panchayati the Raj Department, Rural Development, School and Mass Education, Agriculture and Health Departments were reviewed on Thursday, the law and order situation is slated to be reviewed on Saturday. The SPs of all the districts would be part of it.