Bastar Division Commissioner RP Jain on Wednesday told the district collectors to take immediate action to identify the accident prone areas to prevent rising number of road accidents in the districts.
The Commssioner asked the collector to get wide reflectors put up on the roadside trees and to get speed-breakers constructed at the junctions of the main and other roads.In the meeting of collectors of the division held here on Wednesday, the Commissioner reviewed different development works. Jain issued directives to take disciplinary action against the officers and employees who remain absent from headquarters.
He told the officers to pay special attention on quality while purchasing uniforms for distribution in schools. More and more fruit-bearing trees should be planted on all school premises, he said.The Commissioner also gathered information about the rainfall and the sowing status in various districts.He sought information regarding action taken for the implementation of season-based crop insurance scheme and instructed to provide list of all weather stations.
On finding supply of non-standard fertilisers and seeds, he instructed to take tough action against the supplier farm and shop operators concerned.The Commissioner instructed to hold health camps in Sukma and Bijapur districts. Bastar Collector Ankit Anand told the Commissioner that emergency services have been affected due to shortage of doctors.The Commissioner instructed to send proposal to the government for increasing the number of doctors.
Kanker Collector Alarmel Mangai D. told about the need for additional security force, as Maoists were creating impediments in the construction of Antagarh-Bedma Road.The Commissioner asked all the collectors to inspect block level offices.Kanker Collector Alarmel Mangai D, Bastar collector Ankit Anand, Dantewada collector KC Devsenapati, Bijapur Collector Abdul Kesar Haq, Narayanpur Collector Tamansingh Sonwani, Kondagaon Collector Dhananjay Devangan, Sukma Collector Emil lakda, deputy commissioners SP Navratan and Kailash Kodopati and divisional heads of other departments were present in the meeting.