State Public Works Department Principal Secretary Amitabh Jain who is also the Secretary In-charge of Gariaband district paid surprise visits to some of the paddy procurement centers at Chura, Mainpur and Gariaband blocks in the district on Thursday.
Jain also had a look at the road upgradation work from Gariaband to Khatti in a 1.6 kilometre patch underway in the district.
Earlier, the Principal Secretary held a meeting with the officials over the status of paddy procurement.
He directed the officials to ensure that the benefits of Crop Insurance must reach farmers at the earliest.
Notably, Jain passed directions on preparing a village-wise list of disabled residents in order to provide prompt help to them during emergency.
District Collector Niranjan Das, Superintendent of Police (SP) Amit T Kamble, Zila Panchayat Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ritesh Agrawal and Additional Collector P Mishra were present in the meeting.
Jain also ordered on providing employment to the needy people of the villages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
Regarding the monitoring of the employment works, officials were encouraged to do more field visits.
Stating on the employment scenario, the CEO informed as many as 28,000 people had been given jobs recently.
While, reviewing the status of paddy procurement, Jain pointed out on the preparedness for making online payment to the farmers involved in the process. Officers said millers are offered paddy from the paddy procurement centre of Nayapara since there is no Food Corporation of India (FCI) depot in the district.