Day after taking over his new role as Punjab Cabinet Minister, the state’s Housing and Urban Development Minister Aman Arora on Friday declared that he would soon be meeting the state’s urban populace and the Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) to listen to their grievances and problems.
“This would pave way for the formulation of such policies that would lead towards implementation of the suggestions received at these meetings,” he said while chairing the first meeting of the Department at PUDA Bhawan.
Arora said that the Punjab Government is fully committed to provide all the citizen-centric services to the people living in urban areas of the State with an emphasis on transparency and accountability factors. The services would accrue to the people in a corruption-free and time-bound manner, he said.
Taking stock of the ongoing projects as well as those in the pipeline, Arora directed the officers to work diligently with a view to ensure futuristic and planned development.
Divulging more, the Minister said that clean, devoid of corrupt practices, and an accountable administration would be the hallmark of the Punjab Government.
Directing the officers to formulate a pro-people policy framework, the Minister also emphasized that the current projects and the schemes must be completed on time with people getting the services in a time-bound manner.
Assuring that the harassment of the urban area residents in the Government offices would be a thing of the past, the Minister cautioned that those indulging in corrupt ways and means would not be spared at all. “The action plan of the department must be chalked out keeping in view the strengths and weak areas of the department,” he said.