Taking a stringent stance on laxities in ensuring 24x7 electricity across the State, Chief Minister Raghubar Das today asked officials to provide timebound results, else all will be changed. Holding review meeting of the Energy department the CM said that those who are unable to work need to be retired.
Calling uninterrupted power supply top priority of the Government, the CM congratulated employees and workers of Jharkhand Bijli Vitaran Nigam Ltd and Transmission Nigam for providing electricity to 29 lakh households after 2014. “Before 2014 only 38 lakh house had electricity in the State out of the total 68 lakh households.The State Government provided electricity to more than 29 lakh houses in four and half years. The rest one lakh houses will be electrified by September 2019,” he said.
During the meeting, Das ordered to suspend Superintending Engineer of the department posted at Dhanbad for being absent without information for over three weeks. He also ordered to remove the General Manager posted at Dhanbad and said that no extension will be given after July 31. He instructed that all the issues of different districts be it transmission or any other matter should be solved within three months.
He said that works were going on across the State on power production, transmission lines and substations so that people of the State can get regular electricity. He asked officials to be accountable to the people and work with enthusiasm.
Chief Secretary DK Tiwari, Additional CS Sukhdeo Singh, Additional CS KK Khandelwal, Principal Secretary to CM Sunil Kumar Barnwal, Energy Department Secretary Vandana Dadel, JUVNL MD Rahul Purwar, JUSNL MD Niranjan Kumar alongwith other officials were present in the meeting.
Meanwhile, holding another review meeting of Food, PDS and Consumer Affairs department, the CM said that Jharkhand has one State one ration card concept. “As many as 13,71,392 people have taken ration from their own district, while 720 people have taken ration from outside their district. When the concept of one nation one ration card will be adopted Jharkhand will also be connected with it,” he said.
The department officials informed on the occasion that the State Government could save Rs 19.98 crore and the Centre could save Rs 277 crore due to e-pos machine facilities. It was also informed that every year Rs 8.72 crore are being saved after selection of transporters through tender process to transport food grains from FCI godowns to SFC godowns.
The CM made it clear in the meeting that those who are absolutely unable to fend for themselves should be made available food grains immediately. For this purpose all Gram Panchayats, Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats’ every ward has been provided with Rs 10,000 emergency funds. Also the Deputy Commissioners have been given emergency funds of Rs 5lakh.
Das said that those who have been left behind in UJJWALA yojna will get LPG cylinders and connection by September 14.
The department informed that by October 2015, the State had 35,09,833 and after Food Security Act implementation the government started a special campaign and now there are 57,02,196 beneficiaries and all data have been digitised.