Chief secretary Jawed Usmani pointed his concern over large scale smuggling of liquor from Haryana. He asked to discuss the issue with senior officers of the Haryana Government and form a joint force to check inter-state peddling of hooch.
Heading a meeting organised specially to check smuggling of liquor from Haryana here on Saturday morning, Jawed Usmani warned that who so ever failed to check smuggling of liquor particularly form Haryana, he will be punished by the government. He asked the officers to draw strategy to
check smuggling of liquor and directed principal secretary of the Department to form three members committee and review the steps taken in this regard during monthly review meeting which should be made district wise.
Chief secretary also asked to identity the bigwigs as well as others who were patronising gangs involved in liquor smuggling and later take action against them. He claimed that it was a responsibility of both divisional commissioners and district magistrates to check illegal
supply of hooch and directed them to monitor the action taken report or they must be ready to face marching orders. He asked them to cancel the licenses of all those shops whose owners were found to have criminal past or indulged in any kind of unlawful activities.
Meanwhile Jawed Usmani also said that during this financial year (2013-14) 39870 solar street lights will be installed in rural sectors. He claimed that a budget of Rs 3997.85 lakh has been already sanctioned by the government for the purpose and they were also trying to get Rs 29 crore which is Centre’s share for the project. Addressing officers at a meeting of NEDA here on Saturday afternoon, Usmani asked to co-ordinate with the
Vocational Education Department to carry on training for upkeep of the machineries and other equipments for successful implementation of the alternative means of energy. Principal Secretary (Alternative Energy) Jeewesh Nandan, who was also attending the meeting said that they
will install 3000 solar lights spread over 21 districts.