Chief minister Harish Rawat has directed all the district magistrates to provide a status report on the drought situation. He also asked the officers to present information regarding the resulting damage to crops. Directing measures for effective action for mitigating forest fires, the CM said that along with the forest officer, the sub divisional magistrate and police officer will jointly draft a work plan. He also spoke of also seeking the cooperation of village residents and Van Panchayats in such measures.
Reviewing complaints received through the Samadhan Yojana at a video conference with all district magistrates and senior officials at the secretariat in Dehradun on Thursday, the CM stressed on the need for maintaining level of alertness considering the changing rain pattern and incidents of cloudbursts. He directed that a survey be conducted and its report be made by the Patwari of villages settled near nullahs and streams.
People living in such homes should be identified and made aware of the need to shift to an alternate site in case of heavy rains. The disaster management mechanism should be made stronger and more active at the district level.
For this, mock drills should be conducted on a monthly basis for disaster scenarios like earthquakes and floods. Rawat said that warning messages from Nature should be ignored. He also directed the officials concerned to do the needful for ensuring the availability of drinking water during the summer season. All district magistrates were directed to communicate their requirements in this regard to the chief secretary by Fridayevening, directed Rawat.
Reviewing redressal of grievances received through the Samadhan Yojana, the CM himself talked to the complainants on the phone regarding their issues. He directed all the DMs to prepare a portal for provision of social pension schemes and for the convenience of the intended beneficiaries. He also directed the officials to complete without delay, the digital signature procedure on certificates issued through the Jan Suvidha Kendra.
The complaints received were regarding a range of different issues including road construction and repair, facilitation of ration cards, construction of embankments, construction of toilets, facilitation of potable water supply by tankers to a school and construction of parapet along a road.