Collector Bhim Singh on Friday ordered officials to construct toilets for girls and special needy children in all schools by September 20 at any cost.Singh made it very clear to the block education officer that toilets constructed in schools should not be locked at any stage.
He warned tough action against the person concerned, on finding toilets in schools locked. The Collector, in the meeting of Sarpanch, secretaries and nodal officers appointed for village panchayats of Nagri development block set time limit for ensuring payment of all pending wages within the next 10 days.
He said that a sum of Rs1.39 crore has been approved for 22 post offices of Nagri until June last, but the labourers of MNREGA did not receive their wages so far. It is the responsibility of secretaries to ensure payment of wages to the villagers within the next ten days, he said.
Singh, while expressing annoyance over the deduction of amount from the wages of labourers of some villages by a public sector bank due to software mistake, directed the Manager of the bank to return the money to the concerned within two days. For that he asked sarpanchs of villages concerned to provide list of labourers, whose wages were deducted, to the bank.
In the meeting, the Collector, giving emphasis on maintaining quality of education, directed to construct of additional class rooms in all incomplete construction works, as early as possible. Singh made the Block Education Officer responsible for ensuring electricity arrangement in all schools.
He said that this year has been declared as Education Quality Year. To provide better education to children, he stressed on regular attendance of teachers and students and on completing course on time.The Collector said that Gram Sabhas would be organised in schools on October 2 and April 14 next.
In these Gram Sabhas, it should be ensured that quality education is being imparted to children in schools. He stressed on providing pure drinking water to villages. On the occasion, the Collector, while issuing show-cause notice to Sub Engineer, PHED, SR Thakur, told him to assess that how many gram panchayats have been distributed drinking water purity measuring machine and whether the secretaries have been imparted training on this.