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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has pulled up his ministerial colleagues and senior bureaucrats for not visiting districts to interact with people and address their grievances.
Sources said that in the last two Cabinet meetings, Gehlot expressed his annoyance with some of his colleagues for not taking their responsibilities seriously by avoiding visits to regions in their charge.
He reportedly told them that such conduct was compelling the common man in rural Rajasthan to come to the State Capital for petty problems that could be solved on the spot during the visits by the Ministers.
In December last year, one Minister and some senior officials were assigned separate districts. They were supposed to visit the districts at least once a week. They were also asked to attend the Zila Parishad meetings on a regular basis.
Similarly, Districts Collectors were asked to visit the rural areas and spend at least four nights in villages to have direct interaction with the people.
According to official sources, most Ministers and senior bureaucrats had not visited the assigned districts.
Report submitted by District Collectors to the Chief Secretary revealed that at least one third of the 33 District Collectors did not make the scheduled night halt in villages.
Similarly, officials of principal secretary and secretary level did not visit the district as frequently as was expected of them, on the pretext of having meetings at the State headquarters.
Sources said that in the last two Cabinet meetings, Gehlot expressed his annoyance with some of his colleagues for not taking their responsibilities seriously by avoiding visits to regions in their charge.
He reportedly told them that such conduct was compelling the common man in rural Rajasthan to come to the State Capital for petty problems that could be solved on the spot during the visits by the Ministers.
In December last year, one Minister and some senior officials were assigned separate districts. They were supposed to visit the districts at least once a week. They were also asked to attend the Zila Parishad meetings on a regular basis.
Similarly, Districts Collectors were asked to visit the rural areas and spend at least four nights in villages to have direct interaction with the people.
According to official sources, most Ministers and senior bureaucrats had not visited the assigned districts.
Report submitted by District Collectors to the Chief Secretary revealed that at least one third of the 33 District Collectors did not make the scheduled night halt in villages.
Similarly, officials of principal secretary and secretary level did not visit the district as frequently as was expected of them, on the pretext of having meetings at the State headquarters.
