Resubelpara April 04: The Deputy Commissioner, North Garo Hills, Mr. W. Khyllep has urged the district officers tocome up with innovative plans for their respective departments to accelerate growth of thedistrict.
The Deputy Commissioner was addressing the district heads of offices during theDistrict Coordination Committee (DCC) meeting in his office chamber April 3rd, 2013. He saidthat the district should have a growth rate of 12 to 15 percent in order to catch up with therest of the country and to achieve this, the district officials must come up with creative andinnovative schemes, he added.
Stating that easy road communication is a must for development, Mr. Khyllep stressed on the need to make all roads motorable. He also asked the PWD (Roads) to look for possibilities to create new roads which can be constructed cycle by cycle.
The Deputy Commissioner urged upon the PWD Buildings Division to take necessary steps for renovation of all existing government buildings and also to move the government for necessary sanction for construction of DCs complex and quarters. He also asked all officers concerned to take up with their respective higher authorities for upgradation of their offices to a district level.
Pointing out that some shops and business establishments in the district were still putting up signboards bearing the name of East Garo Hills even long after the inauguration of the district, Mr. Khyllep urged the officials concerned to ensure that all shops, offices and institutions change their signboards and write North Garo Hills instead.
He also insisted that all DDOs, who were still drawing their bills from Willamnagar Treasury Office, must draw the bills from Resubelpara Treasury from April onwards. All heads of offices were also asked to prepare Disaster Management Plan for their respective offices and also to take necessary steps to ensure safety of their buildings.
On the issue of water scarcity, the meeting was informed by the PHE that the main cause of water shortage was the drying up of catchment area and in this connection the meeting decided to form water management committee with the Deputy Commissioner as the Chairman to work out the solutions to the problem. The committee would meet on April 16 next to discuss and chalk out the strategies to prevent water crisis.
Security issues also came up during the meeting and any officers facing security threats in any form were asked to speak to or confide with the Superintendent of Police, Resubelpara. (SP News)
