Governor reviews functioning of Govt Departments

Governor Satya Pal Malik reviewed functioning of the government departments in a meeting held at the Civil Secretariat, on the first day of the Darbar opening here today. Khurshid Ganai, K Vijay Kumar, K.K. Sharma,  K. Skandan-Advisors to Governor, BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary,  Dilbagh Singh, DGP,  Umang Narula, Principal Secretary to Governor and Administrative Secretaries of various departments participated in the meeting.

Governor reviewed the adequacy of essential supplies in viewof the ensuing holy month of Ramzan and directed for ensuring prompt andefficient delivery of various public services to the people includingelectricity and water supplyparticularly during peak hours of Sehri and Iftaar,cleaning of roads, sanitation arrangements and street lighting for devotees atplaces of congregational prayers and for ensuring smooth traffic flow so thatcommuters do not face any hardships.

   

Governor directed Administrative Secretaries to ensure thatall Government functionaries attend office punctually and their presence isdaily monitored through the Bio-metric attendance system. He emphasised thatall the Administrative Secretaries should proactively identify problemsrelating to their departments and take leadership in providing immediatesolutions.

Governor advised the Secretaries to listen to public issuessympathetically and personally ensure speedy disposal of grievances. He alsoadvised for taking on priority service matters pertaining to civil and policeemployees.

While reviewing the disaster preparedness of the governmentmachinery, Governor emphasised the need for constant alertness, preparednessand synergy among various departments and agencies to enable dealing withdisasters like floods etc in a well coordinated manner.

The School Education department was asked to ensure that allthe schools have desks, functional drinking water supply infrastructure andtoilets available for students. He stressed that steps be taken for improvingquality of teaching and learning in the schools. Governor also emphasisedstrengthening of the Health Care system particularly Primary Health Centres andinstitution of ASHAs.

Governor advised the Secretaries to take due care inlistening to the issues raised by the elected representatives of the Municipaland Panchayat Bodies and make efforts to solve their problems.

While reviewing the security and law and order situation,Governor expressed concern over killings of political workers and policepersonnel in  the last few months andobserved that he would call a high level meeting within couple of days toreview the safety and security aspects of political functionaries and protectedpersons.

Advisors briefed Governor about functioning of thedepartments under their charge and to-date status of ongoing works of publicimportance.

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