Chief Secretary, Alok Ranjan directed all Divisional Commissioners, District Magistrates and Senior Superintendent Police that they should resolve public issues locally, so that they don’t have to come to lucknow for redressal of their problems.
He said that in view of probable incidents which led to communal tension, meetings of peace committees should be organised compulsorily, so that small incidents were not blown out of proportion and communal harmony was maintained. He said that persons with criminal attitude should be listed police station-wise and they should be particularly kept under watch to improve law and order in the State. He said, “Stringent action should be ensured against criminals indulging in crimes”. He said that special drive should be undertaken to prevent harassment of women to stop any untoward incident in future.
Referring to construction projects, Chief Secretary said that monitoring of construction works should be done on-site instead of sitting in the office and projects should be completed on time with quality. He said that instead of sitting in their camp offices, district officers should sit in their government offices from 10 to 12 in the morning to meet the common people and resolve their problems.
The Chief Secretary was reviewing the activities of government with all Divisional Commissioners, District Magistrates and Senior Superintendent Police Tilak Hall here on Wednesday. He said that action under Gonda Act and expulsion from district against criminals should be enforced strictly. He informed that prompt action had been taken on 2.5 lakhs complaints lodged on Women Power line 1090. He added that complaints of women should be addressed on priority in all districts through Women Power line 1090 and by activating women cell.
Chief Secretary said, “Senior police officers should ensure that no crime takes place in their district”. He warned that if any crime was committed and necessary action was not taken timely, then officers concerned would not be spared. He directed for installation of cameras on be installed on gates of girls’ colleges to prevent assembly of mischievous and anti-social elements. He said that women should be imparted martial arts training in all districts for self-defence. He asked to fix the responsibility of police station house officers for preventing crimes in their area.
Ranjan said that to ensure regular monitoring of the development works, field-level officers including lekhpal, Gram sevakand Village Panchayat Officers would have to stay in their respective areas of operation. Government employees and officers would have to behave well with public through better working. He said that defunct tube-wells due to electricity fault should be repaired in priority. Arrangements should be made for ensuring drinking water for animals in ponds and pools. He said that people should be benefitted by effective implementation of employment oriented schemes. He said that for prevention of diseases due to floods and drought, required medical facilities and vaccination of cattle should be provided extensively.
The Chief Secretary said that establishment of IT City in lucknow would provide employment to 25,000 people directly and 50,000 indirectly. He said, “Vocational education and skill development mission are in the top priorities of the State government”. He said that target for next two years for number of admissions in State technical training institutes had been fixed at 80,000, increasing it from 40,000. Referring to importance of minorities joining the mainstream, he said that 20 % participation of minority community in identified schemes of different departments should be ensured at field level for socio-economic upliftment of persons of minority community. He said that development activities underway in 2100 villages, identified under Dr Ram Manohar lohiya Samgra Vikas Yojna in 2014-15, should be completed with quality to achieve the saturation. He said that Samajvadi Pension Scheme was one of the important schemes of State government, eligible 40 lakh beneficiaries should be provided with pension transparently under this scheme. He said that village-level personnel should remain in direct contact with public and should comply with their duties with full commitment, honesty and impartially. He said, “On surprise inspections of Tehsils, Police stations, Development blocks, Community and Primary health centres, senior officers should also inquire about proficiency and behaviour of employees along with their attendance”.
The meeting was also attended by Agriculture Production Commissioner, V N Garg, Principal Secretary, Home, Neeraj K Gupta, Director General Police, A l Banerjee, Principal Secretary, Information, Navneet Sahgal, Director, Information, Rupesh Kumar along with concerned Principal Secretaries, Secretaries, Divisional Commissioners and District Magistrates and Senior Superintendents of police.