Chandigarh-Punjab Rural Development and Panchayats Minister S. Laljit Singh Bhullar, on Wednesday, directed all the sphere officers to vigorously proceed the marketing campaign of vacating encroached panchayat land after the latest floods within the state.
Presiding over an necessary assembly with all of the Additional Deputy Commissioners (Development), Deputy Directors and DDPOs of the division at Vikas Bhawan (Mohali), S. Laljit Singh Bhullar mentioned that though the division has efficiently reclaimed 11, 665 acres of panchayat land, however nonetheless 1000’s acres of cultivable and non-cultivable land is encroached within the state.
Sternly addressing the problem of land mafia involvement in mining on panchayat land, the Cabinet Minister directed the officers to promptly lodge FIRs in opposition to such unlawful actions.
Reiterating the dedication to uphold integrity and accountability, the Rural Development and Panchayats Minister unequivocally said that the federal government is not going to tolerate any collusion of division officers and workers in unlawful land occupations.
The minister was apprised that this 12 months, the federal government has collected Rs.432.71 crores income by the auctioning of 1.34 lakh acres of shamlat land. He instructed officers to swiftly public sale the remaining round 7, 000 acres of land inside every week.
During the primary assembly with the sphere officers, whereas Laljit Singh Bhullar reviewed the scenario after the floods within the state and the work executed by the division, he additionally grew to become acquainted with the efficiency of the officers posted at head workplace and area. He instructed all of the officers that the work on the village degree must be carried out as per the imaginative and prescient of Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Mann. He additionally directed to repeatedly monitor the efficiency of the sphere officers and officers with poor efficiency must be punished.
The Cabinet Minister reviewed varied schemes akin to settlement of panchayat roads resulting in residential colonies and tasks, strong and liquid waste administration, renovation of ponds, conducting 100% audit of panchayati raj establishments, work beneath MNREGA, Livelihood Mission, points associated to hire of properties and retailers of Zilla Parishads/Panchayat Samitis, expediting grievance redressal, expediting the method of disposal of courtroom instances and implementation of EPM module in technical institutes.
Prominent amongst others who had been current within the assembly included, Principal Secretary Mr. D.Ok. Tiwari, Director Mr. Gurpreet Singh Khaira, Joint Development Commissioner Mr. Amit Kumar, Additional Director Mr. Sanjeev Garg, Joint Director Mr. Jagwinderjit Singh Sandhu, Mr. Joginder Kumar, Mr. Jatinder Singh Brar and different officers of the division.