Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 17: Advisor to Governor, Kewal Kumar Sharma, today met scores of public delegations and individuals who apprised him about their problems and demands, at a public grievances Redressal programme.
Over 300 people comprising several delegations and individuals apprised the Advisor about their grievances and sought his intervention in ensuring redressal of the same in a time-bound manner.
The Advisor instructed the concerned to take outcome based measures to meet the aspirations of the people.
A delegation of Sunderbani area requested the Advisor for his intervention in the issues related to the road and drinking water supply. A delegation of inhabitants of Ban Talab area led by Dayanand Thakur apprised the Advisor about the issue related to the electricity in the area.
Chairman Sarpanch Association Bishnah, Susheel Kumar projected the demands related to the developmental works of his area.
The Advisor directed the concerned officers to provide every facility to the general masses especially in remote areas so that people may not suffer for the basic amenities.
Deputations of residents of Channi Himmat led by its Corporator apprised the Advisor about various developmental issues of the area. Several other delegations and individuals also met the Advisor and registered their issues and demands pertaining to Public Works (R&B), PHE/ I&FC, Power Development, Finance, Housing & Urban Development and other departments besides other issues of public importance.
Advisor Sharma gave a patient hearing and assured the people that all their genuine grievances would be examined for early redressal. He also passed on spot instructions in few cases to concerned departments to look into the grievances and resolve them at the earliest.
Responding to water supply related issues by various delegations, the Advisor said that the Governor’s Administration has set a target to provide tap water supply to every household. Senior functionaries of the concerned departments were also present at the public hearing.
Later, Advisor KK Sharma also reviewed functioning of PDD and PHE Departments in a meeting. Various issues were discussed and the concerned were directed to work with dedication for the welfare of the people.
Among others present in the meeting were Chief Engineer PHE, Sanjeev Chadda, SE PDD, Sandeep Seth besides other senior officers of the twin Departments.