CM announces creation of ‘Prajaseva Department’ to address public grievances

Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar connected Saturday (June 20) announced the instauration of ‘Prajaseva Department’, a caller section headed by a Cabinet Minister to streamline nationalist grievance redressal and amended national outreach.

After chairing the 2nd gathering of the State Cabinet here, Mr. Shivakumar said territory Ministers would beryllium required to clasp regular nationalist interactions crossed each taluks 1 time each week to code citizens’ concerns.

“District Ministers person been instructed to behaviour play grievance redressal and nationalist outreach meetings astatine the taluk level successful the beingness of section MLAs,” helium said. The section would absorption exclusively connected addressing nationalist grievances.

He said the caller section would person administrative machinery, headed by a elder IAS serviceman who would oversee the grievance-monitoring mechanism, portion applications submitted to Ministers, including those received straight by the Chief Minister, would beryllium routed done the section for reappraisal and follow-up.

15-day window

On the contented of imperishable energy and h2o connections, Mr. Shivakumar said the authorities had decided to unbend definite conditions pursuing representations from residents affected by restrictions that were causing hardship without benefiting the public.

He said owners of buildings completed earlier May 31, 2000, and presently having impermanent energy connections would beryllium fixed an accidental to get imperishable residential connections.

“Those who person applied for imperishable residential connections volition beryllium fixed 15 days from the day of issuance of the Government Order to implicit the required formalities,” helium said.

Not for caller constructions

The Chief Minister clarified that applicants would beryllium required to taxable photographs and GPS coordinates of existing structures and that nary caller constructions would beryllium eligible for the benefit.

Mr. Shivakumar said elaborate guidelines would beryllium incorporated into the Government Order earlier it is issued and that section bodies would beryllium liable for implementing the decision.