The district officials were directed to redress the issues of public representatives within fixed time frame, said Dehradun district panchayat president Chaman Singh while presiding over a district Panchayat at its auditorium on Saturday. He reviewed developmental projects with the district officials. Singh said that whatever issues and problems are being brought before the department officials by the public representatives should be redressed without delay. Issues related to elected representatives should not be put on pending so that they need not to make round of the departments for redressal of the public concerns. Public representatives were informed that they need to submit the issues of their constituency in writing few days before such meeting so that he can direct the district officials to redress the issues without delay. In the meeting, District panchayat members Hema Purohit and Rajesh Parmar proposed that gram panchayats should not be incorporated in Municipal Corporation. The members supported their proposal. Purohit also said that due to monsoon rain, roads are broken and potholes are witnessed on roads. According to her, potholes are filled with soil and it swept away after rains. Bushes are witnessed alongside the roads and chances of road accidents are increased. However, PWD official informed the district panchayat members that potholes are filled with pieces of bricks. After monsoon season gets over, roads will be repaired properly with paints.
District panchayat member from Ambari, Barotiwala informed that lands of PWD, Irrigation department and District Panchayat are being encroached illegally through Jhuggi Jhopri. The District Panchayat chairperson directed the officers concerned to jointly inspected the area and submit a report within a week. Other issues related to Swajal, Jal Sansthan were also raised by the members. Others present on the occasion were Raipur MlA Umesh Sharma Kau, district panchayat vice president Dabal Singh, additional district panchayat officer Bharat Singh negi, Block Pramukh Sahaspur and other district panchayat members and district officials.