Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar on Sunday assured the people that the functioning of the present BJP Government in the State would be different from all previous Governments since the inception of the State in 1966.
While speaking at ‘Khula Darbar’ programme at Kurukshetra on Sunday, where he received about 900 applications seeking redressal of grievances, he assured the people that necessary action would be taken to redress their grievances. Manohar lal said that his key mantra was to ensure that the benefit of various welfare schemes reach every eligible beneficiary.
He said that “CM window” would be set up at all district headquarters where the people could submit their complaints in writing. The Chief Minister urged the people to mention their phone number, email, and address on their complaint so that they could also be called at the time of redressal of their grievances.
Earlier presiding over a meeting of senior officers of district Kurukshetra, he directed the concerned officers to generate awareness among the people about significance of having a bank accounts so that the benefit of various social security pensions could be directly deposited in their accounts.
He said, this would not only ensure transparency but also keep a check irregularities in the distribution system. He said that recently a scam in the distribution of old age pension has been unearthed in district Karnal and added that similar checking would also be carried out in other districts of the State also.
Quoting the example of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who described himself as ‘Pradhan Sewak’ (Principal Servan) instead of a Prime Minister, the Chief Minister said that we should also work with the same spirit.
He also directed the officers to suggest a formula to enhance to recovery of electricity bills and minimize line losses which are about 80 to 85 per cent in rural areas and 20 per cent to 40 per cent in urban areas.