On his second day in office, Chief Minister Raghubar Das made it doubly sure that the rusted Government machinery of the State is provided with necessary oiling to speed up the works and fill the resources-development gap in a stipulated time frame.
While holding a special review meeting with top officials of the State at Project Building office on Monday, Das instructed the secretary of Human Resource Development department to initiate the process of recruitment of teachers on all the vacant positions in the State at the earliest. The CM also instructed the health department officials to expedite the plans to set up super specialty hospitals in Dumka, Hazaribagh and Daltonganj. He said that the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi needed to be strengthened and made at par with the AIIMS, Delhi so that the people of the State do not need to go out for medical treatment.
Talking about the review meeting, Principal Secretary Health Department BK Tripathy said, “We have been asked to expedite works. We are going to recruit more doctors and para-medical staff. Dearth of doctors and para-medical staff is the biggest challenge in front us as of now. We need around 1,000 doctors.”
In the detailed review of several schemes under different departments of the State, the CM issued instructions for completion of pending projects in a set time frame. He also instructed the Home Secretary and DGP to strengthen law and order of the State so that the common man gets a fearless environment to help prosper the State with a totally new orientation.
Senior officials, including the Chief Secretary, Secretaries and Principal Secretaries of Home, Finance, Urban Development, Health Secretary, Human Resource Development, Mining and others along with State DGP were present in the meeting. The CM asked them to ensure transparent and accountable governance in the State.
Meanwhile, at the behest of the CM, Chief Secretary Sajal Chakravorty held a meeting with Deputy Commissioners (DC) and Superintendents of Police (SP) of all districts through video conferencing instructing them to expedite the pace of development schemes and other pending works in their respective districts. The CS categorically told the DCs that they ensure no person dies due to severe cold wave prevailing in the State. He asked them to do all necessary arrangements, including distribution of blankets, logs for bonfire and other facilities. Chakravorty said that there was no dearth of funds for the purpose.
The CS also called upon the DCs to establish a better contact with rural bodies’ representatives to expedite works in their districts. He instructed the SPs to be active and make surprise inspections to curb corruption and other malpractices. The CS said that in order to establish a better coordination with the masses they should meet the people on Tuesday and Fridays and try to solve their problems.
Meanwhile, a delegation of Jharkhand Information Service (JIS) officers also met the CM at his office to congratulate him on Monday. Talking to the officers, the CM said, “Work diligently, sincerely and with full commitment and dedication for the welfare of the people because you are paid from public exchequer.” Das said that all Districts Public Relations Officers (DPRO) should endeavour to effectively communicate the Government’s welfare programmes to the people. The DPROs can directly communicate with him regarding the views, problems and feedback of the people, the CM said.
The Information Service Association was represented by Deputy Directors Snehlata Ekka, Mukul lakra, Shalini Verma, Vijay Kumar, Sanjeev Kujur, Anand, Assistant Directors Sd. Rashid Akhter, Urvashi Pandey and Miss Isha Khandelwal.