Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Tuesday directed the officials to review utility of all government buildings which are semi-constructed and vacant and submit a report on them. He asked the deputy commissioners to make the report available within a week.
The CM issued the order during the monthly Seedhi Baat programme at Jan Samvad Kendra in Suchna Bhawan here on Tuesday when one Manoj Gupta of Hazaribagh mentioned that a hostel in Khergaon in his locality was lying semi-constructed since 2010.
The CM issued a series of directions to the officials while hearing the complaints from across the State. He ordered all departments to review the appointment of person on compassionate grounds on priority basis when he was told that dependent of one Devendra Singh of the Golmuri police line under East Singhbhum district have not yet got job even though Singh died during service in 2013. The CM ordered the officials to give appointment letter to Singh’s dependent within two days.
Chief Minister asked the Urban Development Department to take high level decision by checking outstanding claims and pay the amount under special package to the retired and dead personnel of Mines Board. He was reacting to a complaint lodged by Rajesh Kumar who said that the benefits were due since 1989.
During the review of a complaint related to Birsa check dam under the National Agricultural Development Scheme Das ordered the departmental secretary to complete all the pending schemes of check dam from the State government's fund till December next.
One Banjnath Prasad complained about destroyed corps in 2013-14 in Rajgunj Block due to poor seeds provided by primary agriculture cooperative society. He added farmers have not received compensation for the loss they suffered. The CM ordered the immediate payment of the claim amount of Rs 66 lakh to the farmers from amount of guarantee of the insurance company.
Hearing another compliant, Das also instructed the DC of Garhwa to pay the compensation to raiyats related to construction of a road from Ramna to Manjhiyawa by December. Pushpak Kumar Singh of Garhwa district complained about compensation being not paid in the lieu of land of 700 Raiyats which was taken to construct road from Ramna to Manjhiyawa.
Similarly, non-payment of the compensation by the tourism department in the Bhadrakali Mata Mandir area in Itkhori block of Chatra was also brought to the notice. On this the Chief Minister instructed the DC Chatra to hold a meeting with villagers and ensure payment of all claims.
The CM ordered DCs to complete the construction of toilets under Clean India Mission till October 2 in all respects.
Principle Secretary to CM Sunil Kumar Barnwal alongwith all the Additional Chief secretaries and principal secretaries were present in the programme.