Special officer to be appointed for each Gram Sabha

State Chief Secretary Neerabh Kumar Prasad has directed the district collectors to appoint a special officer for each Gram Sabha to successfully conduct them, which will begin August 23. The CS held a video conferencing with the district collectors and SPs from the State secretariat on Wednesday, regarding implementation of the gram sabhas and free sand policy.
On the occasion, CS spoke about the Gram Sabhas and said in addition to creating awareness among the people about employment guarantee, education, medicine, drinking water, and electricity in the villages, construction of infrastructure such as roads connecting from one village to another village and mandal, and management of solid and liquid waste. He said that all the public representatives should participate in Gram Sabhas.
Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Principal Secretary Shashi Bhushan Kumar said that the guidelines issued on Gram Sabhas must be followed.
Neerabh Kumar Prasad announced that the new sand policy will be implemented across the State from September 11. Clear guidelines regarding the implementation of sand policy will be issued immediately and the district collectors have been ordered to follow them. He made it clear that the collectors should confirm the prices related to the transport and that they would not tolerate any complaints that they were sold at a higher price. Moreover, he said that the vehicles booked online for sand should be allocated clear slots at particular times. Only vehicles registered for sand should be allowed to enter the sand reaches, CS clarified that other vehicles should not be allowed.
The CS made it clear to the Collectors of 2 districts as well as other collectors that they noticed that the trucks were waiting for hours.
Mukesh Kumar Meena, Principal Secretary, Mines; Finance Secretary KVV Satyanarayana, and Mines Commissioner Praveen Kumar attended the meeting.