Newly-elected Mayor Pramod Dubey took charge of his office in presence of a number of Congress leaders and officers of Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) besides his family members here on Monday.
Former Mayor Kirnamayee Nayak, Vikas Upadhyay and other Congress leaders congratulated him on the occasion. Immediately after assuming office, Dubey held an introductory meeting with the RMC officers including Acting Commissioner Sanjay Agrawal, Deputy Commissioner Vinod Pandey, Dr Preetam Mishra, zone commissioners and head of different departments.
He appealed to the officers and employees to work with sincerity to set examples for other municipal corporations. Dubey emphasised on improvement in quality of services like cleaning, drinking water facility and street light.
He asked the technical officers to consider the practical problems in work and not to leave the work entirely on contractors. They should carry out their responsibilities properly to prove their ability and capacity in the interest of city, said Dubey.
Dubey assured to develop Raipur according to its status of the State capital. He said that no major works is needed in old wards and hence there is need to pay proper attention on systematic development of new wards on priority basis. The quality should be maintained in construction of roads so that it provides better and longer service to the people.
Dubey said that the officers should complete the works related to improvisation of services like sanitation, water supply and street light on priority basis for convenience of the people. These works should be carried out on regular basis, he said, while asked for proper monitoring of cleanliness in the city.