Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan has nominated 75 senior administrative officers as nodal officers at district level for high-level monitoring and inspection of priority and development programmes of State government.
Nominated officers will have to review, do inspection and on-the-spot verification of various government programmes and schemes along with overnight stay at one lohia village during the period from January 01, 2016 to February 15, 2016.
He has directed the nodal officers to select the village to visit in such a way that it is at least 20 Kilometres away from district headquarter and that village must not have been inspected by a senior officer earlier.
Ranjan issued these directions on Friday while nominating principal secretaries, secretaries and divisional commissioners for verification of work. He said that during the overnight stay at village, senior officers should hold Chaupal (meetings) to take feedback of common people regarding implementation of various schemes and programmes along with working of tehsils and police stations in the presence of officers and personnel.
He said that besides educating common people about priority programmes of state government, the officers would have to inspect other public welfare and infrastructure projects also. He also give instructions to submit inspection report after the visits. He said that the report should include details of action taken against guilty officials and personnel as well as suggestions for improving the implementation of programmes.
The Chief Secretary has directed that Additional District Magistrates and Superintendent of Police along with other district level officials of the area concerned will have to be compulsorily present during the visit by nodal officers. He said that District Magistrates will have to ensure a capable officer and a technical team with required instruments to assist the nodal officers. He has directed the Sub-divisional magistrates and superintendents of police for overnight stay at villages with nodal officers.