District Magistrate Pauri Sushil Kumar heard out the people who recounted their problems during Janta Darbar held in lansdowne to mark Tehsil Day on Tuesday. The complaints placed before the DM were related to various departments like health, education, roads and peyjal besides the erratic clearance of the pensions being paid by the Government for different categories of people.
DM is learnt to have redressed many problems on the spot and referred the rest to the officers of the departments concerned with note for their prompt redressal. He said that he will continue to hold this kind of Darbar to personally hear people’s woes.
During the Janta Darbar, BJP mandal president Bhubneshwar Kandelwal demanded introduction of a morning bus service from lansdowne to Kotdwar while former Dwarikhal Block pramukh Ravindra Singh Rawat demanded reconstruction of the damaged retaining wall of Devikhet motor road, fencing of the agricultural lands in the village Bamoli, installing a hand pump in village Baloni, installation of a mobile tower in Dwarikhal and prompt construction of the Government primary school at Heelodi.
The villagers of Chhai Kooriya demanded construction of Chhai- Juyee drinking water project. The women raised their problems created by erratic payment of the pensions they are entitled to.
DM asked the officers present to act on the complaints immediately after he took actions on some of the problems the people brought to his notice during the Janta Darbar.
Among the others present at the darbar were the sub-divisional magistrate lansdowne Sohan Singh Saani, district panchayat raj officer MM Khan and chief agriculture officer D S Rana.