Surguja Divisional commissioner TC Mahawar has asked divisional forest officers (DFOs) to ensure payment of proper compensation to affected people, whose houses and crops have been destroyed by wild elephants.
This apart, the Commissioner also directed officers of Horticulture Department to make coordinated efforts for Horticulture development while keeping in mind soil, climate and local condition.
Taking firm initiative in the direction of Horticulture development, a new identity should be given to the districts coming under the division, he added.
Mahawar, after making an intense visit of rural areas of the division and perusal of implementation of different schemes run by the Government, held a day-long marathon meeting of officers of different departments here to remove shortcomings found there and to give further momentum to the implementation of schemes.
The Commissioner told the officers of Agriculture Department to ensure availability of sufficient quantity of chemical fertilizers and insecticides in rural areas.
Exhibiting cultivation of different crops, farmers should be encouraged for farming using modern techniques. Field staff should be made more active and they should be instructed to visit rural areas regularly and to give necessary guidelines and suggestions to the farmers, he said.
The Commissioner told PWD officers to repair roads damaged due to monsoons on priority. Along with roads, maintenance of bridges and government buildings should also be done.
He said that the old and non-repairable government buildings should be declared unusable and dilapidated and action should be taken to vacate them, so that any impending accident could be averted.
Mahawar said to ensure handing over of constructed buildings to departments concerned. He also told that PHED officers to ensure supply of drinking water through Nal-Jal scheme and hand pumps. He said to make payment of original amount of power bills of Nal-Jal schemes of village panchayats, so that the scheme could be continued without any hindrance.
Moreover, the Commissioner asked officers of CREDA to submit proposal for solar energy arrangement at Ashram-hostels in the remote village areas. Timely maintenance and repair of installed solar energy plants should be ensured, he added.