Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Nov 10: Col. Mahan Singh (retd.), DDC Chairman Kathua today ensured on the spot redressal of people’s problems during a Public Sammelan organized at Keedian Gandyal DDC Constituency.
DC Kathua, Rahul Yadav, local DDC councillor Dr Shaveta, district and sectoral officers and their staff besides Sarpanchs and other PRI members, and prominent people of the area were also present in the Sammelan.
At the outset, DC Kathua gave an IEC presentation on the initiative of the Government to digitize revenue records under the programme ‘Meri Zameen, Meri Nigrani’.
He gave a detailed overview of the campaign and asked the people to act as guardians of the State land.
Later, the participants raised various issues of public interest including poor road connectivity especially with regard to delay in construction of Hatli to Manu road by JKPCC. After listening to the issue, the DDC Chairman gave on the spot instructions to pace up the work so that people do not face any kind of difficulty while commuting on this road stretch. He said that the Government is keen to build the required infrastructure in time and that is the reason behind organizing such programmes. He asked the people to act as ears and eyes of the Government so that the development process gets the necessary push in the region and people will get what they want in the shortest possible time.
After listening to other problems of the people living in the vicinity including dearth of potable water, power outage, poor healthcare edifice, staff crunch in educational institutions, and lethargy of PHE Department and PDD, the DDC Chairman gave on the spot instructions to concerned officials present in the programme to resolve the issues of emergent nature there and then, and also noted down other issues which require comprehensive planning and execution.
Col Mahan Singh said that Government officials are at the disposal of the public at all times and there is no need to panic as the functioning of the Government has been changed and now everything is transparent and the public servants are accountable as the BJP Government has brought desired changes in letter and spirit. He said that every single genuine issue will be resolved on priority and discrimination of any sort will not be allowed come what may.