KELLAR (SOUTH KASHMIR) Nov 17: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said that upgrading basic amenities and empowring people was the focus of his Government.
Addressing a public meeting here today he said the focus of his Government on upgrading basic amenities and empowering people to ask questions to the Government for its all actions and omissions besides ensuring delivery of public services in the time bound manner speak loud and clear for the good intentions and better performance of his Government.
He said thousands of big and small development works have been launched, implemented and completed during the last five years of present dispensation and the current year would witness further fillip to these activities.
The Chief Minister said that historic initiatives of Right to Information Act, Public Service Guarantee Act, Accountability Commission and Vigilance Commission have been initiated and implemented to give powers to common people through legislations to scan the functioning of Government and helping in giving good governance.
Mr Abdullah said that earlier, the legislators could only ask questions to the Government on its performance and that too during the Assembly Sessions but his Government has authorised people to ask questions to the Government throughout the year on its performance.
This, he said has revolutionised the system bringing Government before the public scan. Similarly, he said that 80 public services have been brought under the ambit of Public Service Guarantee Act so that service delivery of these services would be time bound and the officials responsible for delay in delivering the services would be fined and the affected consumers compensated out of the fined imposed on the officials.
The public meeting was also addressed by Minister of State for Health, Shabir Ahmed Khan, Legislator and Provincial President, National Conference, Kashmir, Nasir Aslam Wani and MLC, Showkat Ahmad.
Earlier, the Chief Minister inaugurated Rs 5.50 crore Sub- District Hospital at Kellar with the facilities of X-ray, USG, Boyle’s Apparatus, Microscope, ILR, Refrigerator, ECG, theatre and Lab. The services available will be OPD, IPD, general surgeries, gynaecology, anaesthesia and dental surgeries.
(AGENCIES)
Follow our WhatsApp channel