Line officers of JMC to visit wards from today: Mayor

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 6: To create a new work orientation in Jammu Municipality all the officers of line departments will visit the concerned wards from tomorrow as per the directives of Mayor, JMC, Rajinder Sharma.
The Mayor during a recent press conference had announced that all the line departments under the guidance of respective Corporators will visit the wards twice in a week to ascertain the problems of the people there and take measures for settling them.
Mayor said that his office will monitor and analyze the progress so that the measures can be taken to complete these works in a stipulated time frame and ensure the people’s grievances are redressed.
He said this decision was taken to make employees accountable and directly responsible to the public. He said this way the Parliament’s 74th amendment to take the democracy at grass root level will be implemented.
He said Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has also insisted on implementation of democracy at grass root level and JMC is going to fulfill the same.
He said officers of sanitation, civil works, nallah gang, electricity wing of JMC, Khalaf Warzi, , Transport, Floriculture and other departments will visit the respective wards and frame a complete report about the public issues, incomplete works and problems faced by the people so that they can be settled on the war footing basis.