Complaints pertaining to corruption involving Government officers rising in the State, Uttarakhand Vigilance Department is going to organise a training programme to enhance skills of its officials at its office on Friday. The experts from Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Dehradun branch have been invited to lecture to the vigilance officials during the programme, said ADGP (vigilance) Ashok Kumar. He said that they would soon start a campaign against persons who are having assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. Topics on how to trap such people have been included in the training programme,he added.
To weed out corruption rampant in government departments and offices, the department has already facilitated the common people to register their graft- related complaints on various mediums like social networking sites facebook, toll- free number- 1800-180-6666 and telephone number. After verifying their complaints, the department takes action against the accused, the officer claimed.
He said, “We have recently taken some measures to make vigilance department more active and stronger to put its foot down on corruption which seems to have assumed alarming proportions in various state departments.
A page on Facebook- Fight against Corruption Uttarakhand- has been opened for the purpose. People can also inform the department through facebook. In addition, people can inform the department about the persons who are having assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.
One may personally or otherwise inform the department regarding the same. People can also report vigilance department through mobile numbers 9456591894 and 9411112739 if any department official demands bribe or indulges in any other form of irregularity. They can also personally approach the department officials, seeking action against any government officer or employee, irrespective of status, who are found indulging in corruption in the form of demanding bribes.
“We have zero tolerance for grafts the officers indulge in to the detriment of the interests of the common people,” he stated.
He said that the department officials have been deployed to collect information related to the same and after collecting list of such persons and conducting through investigation, the department would take action against them.