UT Govt’s public outreach
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 28: In a major decision to reach out to the people, the Union Territory Government today directed that All Administrative Secretaries would listen to the public grievances four days a month i.e. once a week, two days each in Jammu and Srinagar, the twin rotational capital cities of the UT.
Apart from hearing public grievances in the capital cities, the Administrative Secretaries will also visit a district assigned to them once a month for public hearings, according to an order issued today by the General Administration Department.
The Government released calendar assigning days and district to every Administrative Secretaries for hearing the public grievances.
Financial Commissioner (Finance Department), Arun Kumar Mehta will meet public every first and third Monday at PWD Guest House, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu and second and fourth Monday at Banquet Hall, Srinagar.
The PWD Guest House Jammu and Banquet Hall Srinagar will be the venues of public hearing for every Administrative Secretary, the Government order said.
Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education Atal Dulloo will meet public at Jammu on every first and third Thursday and in Srinagar every second and fourth Thursday while Shaleen Kabra, Principal Secretary Home Department will meet people in Jammu on every first and third Friday and in Srinagar on every second and fourth Friday.
Dheeraj Gupta, Principal Secretary Housing and Urban Development Department will listen to the public grievances on first and third Tuesday of every month in Jammu and second and fourth Tuesday in Srinagar while Asgar Hassan Samoon, Principal Secretary, Animal and Sheep Husbandry will meet people on first and third Wednesday of every month at Jammu and second and fourth Wednesday in Srinagar.
Navin Kumar Choudhary, Principal Secretary, Education Department will hold public interaction on second and fourth Monday in Jammu and first and third Monday in Srinagar while Dr Pawan Kotwal, Principal Secretary Revenue will meet the public on second and fourth Thursday in Jammu and first and third Thursday in Srinagar.
Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary, Planning, Development and Monitoring Department will be available for the public on second and fourth Friday of every Month in Jammu and first and third Friday in Srinagar.
Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Commissioner/ Secretary, Industries and Commerce will hold public grievance camp in Jammu on second and fourth Tuesday in Jammu and first and third Tuesday in Srinagar while Hirdesh Kumar will hold public interaction every second and fourth Wednesday in Jammu and first and third Wednesday in Srinagar.
Sarita Chauhan will be meeting the public in Jammu on first and third Monday of every month and in Srinagar on second and fourth Monday while Khurshid Ahmad Shah, Commissioner/Secretary PWD will be interacting with people on first and third Thursday in Jammu and second and fourth Thursday in Srinagar.
Commissioner/Secretary Labour and Employment Saurabh Gupta will hold public camp in Jammu on first and third Friday in Jammu and second and fourth Friday in Srinagar while Ajeet Kumar Sahu, Commissioner/Secretary, PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Department will meet public on first and third Tuesday in Jammu and second and fourth Tuesday in Srinagar.
Sheikh Fayaz Ahmad, Commissioner/Secretary, Floriculture, Parks and Gardens, has been assigned the task of listening to the issues of the people on first and third Wednesday in Jammu and second and fourth Wednesday in Srinagar while Pandurang Kondbarao Pole, Secretary Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs will do the similar exercise in Jammu on second and fourth Monday and in Srinagar on first and third Monday every month.
Secretary Power Development Department M Raju will have interaction with the people on second and fourth Thursday of every month in Jammu and first and third Thursday in Srinagar while Manzoor Ahmed Lone, Secretary Agriculture Production and Horticulture will be meeting public on second and fourth Friday of every month in Jammu and first and third Friday in Srinagar.
Sheetal Nanda, Secretary Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj will meet public in Jammu on second and fourth Tuesday of every month in Jammu and first and third Tuesday in Srinagar while Simrandeep Singh, Secretary Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction will hold public grievances camp in Jammu on second and fourth Wednesday and in Srinagar on first and third Wednesday.
Sarmad Hafeez, Secretary Youth Services and Sports Department has been tasked to meet public on first and third Monday in Jammu and second and fourth Monday in Srinagar while Farooq Ahmad Lone, Secretary General Administration Department will be in Jammu to listen to the public grievances on first and third Friday and in Srinagar on second and fourth Friday.
Talat Parvez Rohella, Secretary Higher Education Department, will be meeting the people in Jammu on first and third Thursday and in Srinagar on second and fourth Thursday.
Zubair Ahmad, Secretary Tourism/Culture Department will be hearing the issues voiced by the people in Jammu on first and third Tuesday and in Srinagar on second and fourth Tuesday every month while Abdul Majid Bhat, Secretary Cooperative/Tribal Affairs Department will be meeting the public every first and third Wednesday in Jammu and second and fourth Wednesday in Srinagar.
The meeting timings in both Jammu and Srinagar will be from 10 am to 4 pm.
The Administrative Secretaries will also visit the districts allotted to them once in a month to listen to the public grievances.
Arun Kumar Mehta has been allotted district Baramulla, Atal Dulloo Anantnag, Shaleen Kabra Shopian, Dheeraj Gupta Srinagar, Asgar Hassan Samoon Bandipora, Navin Kumar Choudhary Samba, Rohit Kansal Pulwama, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi Budgam, Hirdesh Kumar Rajouri, Sarita Chauhan Udhampur, Khurshid Ahmad Shah Jammu, Saurabh Bhagat Ramban, Ajeet Kumar Sahu Poonch, Pandurang Kondbarao Pole Doda, Manzoor Ahmed Lone Kupwara, Sheetal Nanda Kathua, Farooq Ahmad Lone Kulgam, Talat Parvez Rohella Kishtwar, Zubair Ahmad Ganderbal and Abdul Majid Bhat Reasi.
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