Chief Minister Harish Rawat held a follow-up meeting with the senior officers of the State on Wednesday after returning from New Delhi. According to the CM’s media in-charge, Surendra Kumar Agarwal, Rawat had instructed the principal secretaries and the secretaries of all departments to look after the cases releated to the State and be in close coordination with officials of the Center. The CM has also instructed the chief secretary Subhash Kumar to monitor these constantly.
The CM said that a proposal must be prepared for approval of another battalion of State Disaster Response Force from the Union Finance ministry. He said that work should be undertaken on priority basis to get the long due projects approved. Regular correspondence must be maintained with senior officers and departments concerned regarding funds for approved projects. The CM has also directed officials to open a chief minister’s camp office in Dharchula and appoint capable staff there.