Ward-wise camps will be held for preparation of adhaar card of those people who are still waiting to get their card made in the urban areas of the district.
District Collector OP Choudhary directed the District Food Officer to prepare a programme for Aadhaar card preparation in the urban areas in this regard.In a review meeting held here at Collectorate on Thursday, he said that the Government is gradually linking different schemes with adhaar card and the bank account.It is therefore necessary that people should have Aadhaar card and bank account, he said. In the first phase, the adhaar card has been prepared in all urban areas but a large number of people were not able to take benefit of the campaign for different reasons.
Therefore, camps will be soon organised for these people in urban areas, Choudhary said.He directed the Chief Municipal Officers for publicity of these camps so that maximum people avail the benefit and get adhaar card.The Collector also reviewed the status of paddy procurement in the district and issued directions to the concerned officers to expedite the process of transportation of paddy by the rice millers from the procurement centers.
The district food officer informed that the district has received 3054235 quintals of paddy so far which includes 1882841 quintals from procurement centers to warehouse and 450880 quintals given to rice millers. Besides this, rice miller from Korba district have taken 23178 quintals of paddy.While reviewing the status of buildings for school, hospital and offices under different department schemes, Choudhary directed the construction agencies for immediate arrangements of electricity and water supply in these buildings so that these buildings could be handed over to the concerned departments for use.
The Collector issued directions for construction of a shed at science park developed on 1000 square feet area in Kotmisonar area by Chhattisgarh Council for Science and Technology. The park has 16 models to facilitate students to learn the process and fundamentals of science. He said that the shed will protect the models from sun rays and rainfall. Additional Collector SK Pawar, Iffat Ara, KK Khariwar and other district level officers were present in the meeting.