Garhwal Commissioner Chandra Singh Napchayal strictly instructed the district level officers to address and settle the complaints of the people within 15 days and produce the report of its compliance to the Commissioner, the District Magistrate and the Sub-District Magistrate Dhumakot.
He was presiding over the multi-purpose camp organised in the remote areas of the district in Dhumakot Tehsil.
The Commissioner expressed anger over the absence of the district medical officer, district employment officer and district supply officer and directed them to explain their absence.
In the premises of Dhumakot Tehsil, nearly 1000 villagers were present during the camp. 270 complaints were registered and most of them were settled in the course of the camp. The villagers raised the issues of roads, education, health, social welfare, forest, village development, drinking water, power, irrigation and the like.
Napchayal stressed that “we all should work in the interests of the common people and ensure that the benefits of the Government schemes reach out to the common man”.
The people pointed at the worst condition of roads, particularly along the stretches of Nainidanda-Shakurpur motor roads, Judalun-Oosos and Jaraukhand-Kotiyarmajara.
This apart, the problems of shortage of teachers and drinking water, loss of crops due to wild animals, payment of NREGA, problems in the pension under social welfare department being sanctioned came up. They also demanded an ayurvedic hospital. The revenue department issued 75 income, caste, permanent residence and character certificates.
In the multiple purpose camp, stalls of different departments were installed who gave information of different schemes that the Government has taken up in the State. Block Pramukh Rashmi Patwal, Congress block president Jag Bahaduur Negi, Kuldeep Rawat and other representative, SDM Dhumakot Maya Dutt Joshi, DFO Raj Mani Pandey and district level officers were present in the camp.