Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday ordered the Deputy Commissioners to be more responsive to the needs of the people and in their crackdown on drugs and gangsters in the State.
Capt Amarinder was interacting with the DCs through a video conference while launching the online property document registration system for Amritsar district as Punjab becomes the first state in the country to have online registration of property related documents.
“A lot of work still needed to be done to eliminate the drugs menace and the problem of gangsters from the state,” said Chief Minister while asking the DCs to show results.
Underlining the need to speed up the pace of employment generation, the Chief Minister said that the administration was duty-bound to save the future of the youth.
Capt Amarinder also directed the DCs to provide all support and back-up, including uninterrupted power supply, for ensuring smooth paddy procurement, while asking them to keep a check on the spread of any crop diseases.
He also asked the DCs to ensure water conservation during paddy sowing by encouraging direct seeding of paddy and distribution of subsidized equipment for paddy straw management under the Krishi Vikas Yojana, in order to minimize burning of paddy straw residue in the October 2018 season.
During the video conference, the Chief Minister was apprised by the DCs about the status of Drug Abuse Prevention Officers (DAPO) campaign, debt relief to small and marginal farmers, Tandarust Punjab campaign of the Departments of Forests, Environment, Health and Family Welfare and Food Safety, Ghar Ghar Rozgar and setting up District Employment and Entrepreneurs, besides the Mahatma Gandhi Vikas Yojana for identifying the poor and deserving beneficiaries for state schemes.