Cracking a disciplinary whip Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has suspended two officials during his visit to Sidhartnagar for dereliction of duty saying more action would follow if officials fail to implement government directives in letter and spirit. The axe fell on Chief Medical Officer Dr V K Gupta and District Basic Shiksha Adhikari Kaushal Kishore. He put the Panchayati Raj officer on notice after people complained about irregularities in the department.
“The Government expects that all officers should work with sincerity and try to solve the problems of people. Government is there to help common man and the officers are the implementing agencies. If these officers fail to fill that gap action would be taken against them,” he said during his interaction with people. Yadav had gone to Sidharthnagar in eastern Uttar Pradesh to review construction of university there. During his interaction with people Yadav was informed about corruption in government working. He was informed that BSA was asking for money from Shiksha Mitra while CMO had purchased medicines from open market in much higher price.
He immediately ordered suspension of these two officers and asked DM to institute an enquiry. CM said that the academic session of the new university would commence from July next. He also directed officials to construct separate hostels for boys and girls besides a separate hostel would be constructed for students from Nepal. “Government will provide funds for construction of buildings. The construction should be of high quality and highest standard,” he said and added that children of border villages of Nepal would also be allowed to study here.
Yadav, also visited Kapilvastu, the birthplace of lord Buddha and announced to construct 20 lohia Awas for the buddhist monks,. Besides, he also directed to construct roads in the nearby villages. “I am told many poor people live here. A survey would be carried out for providing Samajwadi Pension to the people,” he said. Yadav announced that the native of UP who are staying in Nepal and were the victim of the tremor would be given compensation. “The survey would be carried out to identify those people,” he said.