Post offices running in the rural pockets of Kabirdham district will be made more visitor friendly. Moreover, all the post offices would also be housed in the Rajiv Gandhi Seva Kendra (RGSK) buildings being constructed under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) , according to an official press release issued here on Monday.
Collector P Dayanand said that according to the intention of the State government, by running the post offices of the rural areas in the RGSK buildings, all the consumers linked to the post offices like pensioners, job card holders and old-age pensioners would have sufficient place to sit with basic facilities provided like drinking water.
The Collector, in the time-bound meeting, reviewed the progress of construction of RGSK buildings. It was informed in the meeting that total 78 RGSK buildings have been sanctioned under MGNREGA for the four Janpads of the district, of which, 44 near completion, two have been completed, in which two post offices are running.
Displeased with the absence of officers in the time-bound meeting, the Collector instructed to ensure immediate action against the officers and employees who were absent in the meeting without taking prior permission.
He also instructed to issue show-cause notice to Assistant labour Inspector GK Nihania, Assistant Director Horticulture and CMO Bodla Nagar Panchayat. He strictly instructed the district officers to ensure their presence in the time-limit meeting. The Collector instructed to present the department-wise list of all vacant posts of all the offices to be filled in at district level. He said to start departmental process to fill-up all the vacant posts immediately.
The Collector expressed displeasure on the working system of sub engineers and technical assistants posted at Janpad Panchayats. The Collector instructed the CEOs of Bodla and Pandariya Janpad Panchayats to form women groups, so that they could be benefited from the group-oriented schemes launched by the government time to time.
Similarly, to provide wheels to potters, he asked the officers to from potters groups. CEO District Panchayat Bipin Manjhi, DFO Vishesh Kumar and other district officers were present in the meeting.