‘Transformed J&K healthcare infra in 10 months; COVID not over’

LG holds high-level meet with Adm Secretaries

Jammu Tawi, May 31:  Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level meeting with Administrative Secretaries of the Union Territory at the Civil Secretariat, here today.

During the meeting, he urged the officials to improve the speed and quality of decision-making without fear and favour. He stressed that every department of administration must be responsive and accountable for citizen-centric governance.

Jammu and Kashmir administration led by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday said that Covid challenges were not over that that the administration led by him has transformed the healthcare infrastructure in last ten months while there was a need to continue real-time, personalized communication with people and better coordination among departments.

In a series of tweets on the official twitter handle—Office of LG J&K, the government said: “Covid challenges are not over. We have transformed healthcare infrastructure in the last 10 months but need to continue real-time, personalized communication with the public while enabling greater efficiency, better coordination among concerned departments.”

Another tweet read that every department must be responsive, accountable for citizen-centric governance. Interaction with officers in the field is important to create citizen-friendly administration.”

In the meeting “Administrative Secretaries must interact with public on daily basis and redress their grievances with empathy. Officers should put an end to ad-hocism, determine the need and action required for the welfare of common man”, the Lt Governor asserted.

Reiterating that an accountable, transparent and responsive administration is the cornerstone of any good governance structure, the Lt Governor asked the officers to remain connected with people so that maximum benefits of pro-people initiatives taken by the government percolate to the common man on the ground.

“Common people should feel the difference and I urge upon all of you to have a friendly and pro-people attitude so as to resolve their issues and grievances by strengthening grievance redressal mechanism where higher officers acknowledge and take timely objective actions on the public grievances emanating through any channel,” he said

Underlining the importance of completion of various developmental projects taken up in the region, the Lt Governor maintained that a focused approach should be employed so that all these projects are finished within specified timelines.

“The officers have done a great job in handling the pandemic and simultaneously pushing the developmental work. Moving forward, scheduling due dates and deliverables is compulsory for every project”, he added.

He called upon the officers to follow strict timelines in all projects and fix responsibilities for any unwarranted delays in the developmental projects in the UT, with alacrity.

The LG’s office also informed that Sinha chaired a high-level meeting of Administrative Secretaries today where-in he directed the officials to improve speed, quality of decision-making without fear and favour.

Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary; Sh Atal Dulloo, Financial Commissioner H&ME; Sh Shaleen Kabra, Principal Secretary Home Department; Sh Bipul Pathak, Principal Secretary Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj; Sh Dheeraj Gupta, Housing and Urban Development Department;  Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, Principal Secretary Skill Development Department; Sh Naveen Kumar Choudhary, Principal Secretary Department of Agriculture Production & Farmers’ Welfare; Sh Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary PDD and Information Department; Sh Shailendra Kumar, Principal Secretary Public Works (R&B) Department; Sh Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to the  Lt Governor; Sh Manoj K Dwivedi, Commissioner/Secretary GAD; Sh Hirdesh Kumar, Chief Electoral Officer and Commissioner/Secretary Transport Department; Mrs  Sarita Chauhan, Commissioner/Secretary Labour and Employment Department; Sh Sanjeev Verma, Commissioner Secretary Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment ; Sh Saurabh Bhagat, DG J&K Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development; Sh Pandurang K Pole, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir; Sh M Raju, Commissioner Secretary Jal Shakti Department; Ms Sheetal Nanda, Secretary Social Welfare Department;  Ms. Yasha Mudgul, Secretary Cooperatives Department ; Sh Simrandeep Singh, Secretary Department of DMRR&R; Ms Sushma Chauhan, Secretary Higher Education Department; Sh Sarmad Hafeez, Secretary Tourism Department and other concerned attended the meeting in person and through virtual mode.

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