Hearing public grievance, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday ordered the suspension of the Executive Engineer (XEN) of Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam for not paying attention to the problem of a horticulture farmer.
Presiding over the monthly meeting of Gurugram District Public Relations and Grievances Committee, Khattar ordered to suspend the XEN. In this case, the complainant said that the Nigam made huge pits in his orchard for laying big lines of 220 KV and uprooted his orchard. Moreover, he was not given any prior notice for the same. He said that for laying these lines, he was also ready to demolish his house in the orchard but the officials of the Corporation did not listen to him and dug L shaped pits in his orchard. When the Chief Minister inquired about the matter from the XEN, he failed to give any satisfactory reply.
A total of 11 complaints were taken up in the meeting, most of which were disposed off on the spot by the Chief Minister.Khattar said when official received a complaint, he should have looked into it and should have resolved the complaint on priority.
Superintending Engineer of HVPNL informed that the said farmer has been given compensation of Rs 3.89 lakh.
On this, the complainant said that this amount to compensate only one fourth of his loss.
The matter of removal of three high tension lines of electricity passing over the houses of Ward-18 of Municipal Corporation Gurugram was taken up again in the meeting. The Chief Minister directed to explore the possibilities to find Right of Way (ROW) to lay these lines underground.
It was informed that three HT lines of 66 KV are passing over Ward-18 and Patel Nagar Colony. In order to remove one of these lines, a check of Rs 4.10 crore was also deposited by the Municipal Corporation in Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam in the month of November 2018. It was informed that 235 properties fall under these lines and if the ROW is found then these lines could be laid underground up to MG Road.
On this, the Chief Minister directed the officers to examine whether they could get ROW under the policy of any department. In case, there is no such policy, then the Government would frame a new policy for the same, he added.Khattar also directed officials that the grievances of the people should be redressed on a priority basis, adding that no negligence of any kind will be tolerated while dealing with the complaints filed by the people.
He said that it is not necessary that the complaints should be resolved when they are reported in this committee, adding that officers should remain alert about the grievances which are reported directly to the officers.
He said that all such complaints should be readdressed immediately.
Talking to reporters later, Khattar said that in the 5th meeting of the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA), several decisions for the development of Gurugram was taken.
He said that after the completion of these GMDA projects, people will get to see Gurugram as an international city.