Chief Minister Hemant Soren today said that in the difficult times, the role of MPs, MLAs and other people's representatives is very important. Holding a video conferencing (VC) with 65 MLAs and three MPs of the State here on Friday the CM said that said that public representatives are directly connected with the villagers, they remain aware of their grievances, difficulties and problems. “At this time we all have to unite and give relief to the people of the State. It is the duty of public representatives that they should play their role in ensuring that the people get the full benefit of the work being done by the government,” he added.
Soren said that a large number of labourers of Jharkhand are stranded due to lockdown in various states of the country. The state government is taking all possible steps to provide relief to these migrant laborers. Soon, the government will provide support money to the trapped workers outside the State through DBT in their bank accounts. He said that departmental officials have been directed in this regard to develop such a mechanism as soon as possible to take all the details of these migrant labourers and provide them the funds.
The CM held detailed discussions with all the MPs and MLAs regarding the progress of relief operations in their areas. He also learned how effectively relief operations are being carried out. All the MPs and MLAs informed the CM about the work being done in their respective areas. Besides, they shared their experiences and how to deal with the Corona infection and also put necessary suggestions before the Chief Minister.
The CM told them in detail about all the schemes related to the relief work being run by the government. He asked all MPs and MLAs to ensure that the general public gets the benefit of all the schemes of the government during the lockdown period. “Ensure that people get the benefits of Chief Minister Dal Bhat Yojana, Chief Minister Didi Kitchen Scheme, food arrangements in police stations. Also ensure that there is no problem in getting ration from PDS shops. Regularly observe ration lifting and ration distribution and inform the government of any irregularities or problems.
People's representatives should monitor all these on their own. In this hour of calamity, if any ration dealer indulges in any irregularity, then legal action should be taken immediately. People's representatives themselves go to ration shops and arrange ration distribution so that people do not face any difficulty. File a complaint for anyone who tries to do black marketing,” he said.
The CM said that the district administration along with the local MPs and MLAs should organize a meeting with all the public representatives to facilitate coordination in bringing the government's plans to the ground. He said that due to lack of coordination at times, things start to get messy. Ensure that there is no communication gap, he said.
Soren said in his address, “We need to be mentally prepared to deal with infection like COVID-19. In this battle of corona infection, it is very important to have the coordination of the people of the State and the people's representatives. Along with the State government, everyone will have to play an important role in this fight.”
The CM said, “Your suggestions of today are very important, all departments of the State government will take necessary steps to implement them. As soon as we got the information about the corona infection, we started taking necessary action. In view of the corona infection, social distancing was adopted. Every precautionary step has been taken at the government level to prevent infection. Compliance with these precautionary measures can only get us out of this dire situation. All people have to be confident.