Haat days be made the days of ‘Sarkar Aap Ke Dwar’. At present it is Wednesday for the DC to conduct this ‘Sarkar Aap Ke Dwar’ while it is Saturday for the DDC of a district.
These programmes are mostly held either in the panchayat secretariat premises or in contiguity of it which may by incident turn out to be a’ haat’ day as here in Palamu every day of the week is a ‘haat’ day at one place or the other.
The new dispensation under the stewardship of Hemant Soren CM Jharkhand the State chief secretary DK Tiwary issued a notification in this regard to hold two such programmes a week specifying days for DC and DDC.
However popular demand is that fleet of Government officials led by DC and DDC on their respective days should hold this programme at the haat days as villages/ panchayats in Palamu still have ‘haat’ days like Wednesday when town like Daltonganj has its bazaar day on this day where on the bank of the river Koyal here in the town there is held a bazaar where are sold chicken and goat both by villagers who gather here and sell their goods sitting on the raw flank of the road near a temple in the town.
Ram Pukar Mahto a resident of Palamu said, “It will be far more beneficial if this programme is held on haat day of the villages or the panchayats.”
He said, “Jharkhand Government should take a cue from the neighbouring State Chhatisgarh where on haat days medical teams visit the haat hold out tables and medicines and then provide instant medical care.”
He said like what is done in Chhatisgarh can be replicated here too with civil officials in line with medical teams.
DC Palamu Shantanu Kumar Agrahari said, “Sarkar Aap Key Dwar has begun to yield good results. There were 95 pending cases of mutation alone in the Mohammadganj block/ circle but after this programme held at Bhajaniya on Wednesday more than 30 cases of mutation have been solved which is a big relief to a common man. The remaining ones too will be solved in the coming fortnight.”
DDC Bindu Madhav Prasad Singh said the programme is picking up as the first one held here was at Pathak Pagar panchayat and since then gathering is swelling as one saw at Lehar Banjari and Loharssi where he held the programme while DC's programme at Bhajaniya& Kala Pahar panchayats have been a big shot.
However a BJP leader requesting not to be identified by name said, “Our party has nothing to say on this programme but it has been seen that over a period of time such a programme loses its sheen and officials get exhausted holding it.”