Public Grievance Redressal Camp being organized by the district administration is an ideal step to redress problems faced by citizens residing in remote villages of the State and provide them information about government-run schemes, said BJP MlA from Bindranawagarh Goverdhan Singh Majhi.
Addressing the visitors at the camp held here at village Ghourakota under Deobhog block of Gariaband district, the MlA said that the State government has declared the region as drought-hit and it is dedicated to ensure employment opportunity to people residing in villages falling under the block.
In the interest of farmers affected by drought, the State government has declared financial assistance to the tune of around Rs 12 crore, he said.
Besides, he highlighted the work plan chalked out by the government for extension of irrigation facilities.
Meanwhile, Majhi has made an appeal to the people to construct toilet in their house so that ongoing ‘Clean India Mission’ may get acceleration and also suggested them to inculcate the habit of using toilet to check open defecation.
As per information received, in the presence of Majhi, District Collector Niranjan Das and other officials, at least 232 applications were received during the camp, of which 132 applications were disposed off at the spot whereas officials have been directed to timely resolve remaining 100 applications.
The applications received during the camp belonged to different departments including four applications related to Public Work Department (PWD), Agriculture Department (2), Revenue (26), Food (22), Public Health Engineering (21), Water Resources (10), Panchayat and Rural Development (53), Women and Child Development Department (15), Forest Department (1), Education (13), Health (2), employment (38), Electricity (7), Rajiv Gandhi Siksha Mission (1), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (3) and Social Welfare Department (14).