"I expect you (collectors) to tour extensively, hear the voices of people and hold grievance days sincerly with commitments," Patnaik told collectors while addressing one-day collectors conference here.
In order to bring greater focus to the redressal of grievances, Patnaik suggested collectors to hold the grievance day on Monday, the first day of the week, instead of conducting it on Saturday.
Shifting of grievance day to Monday will provide five days in a week to redress and follow up, he said.
"Let the message go that-People welfare and grievances comes first," the chief minister said adding that he would personally monitor different collectors grivance day hearing exercises.
While pointing out specific programmes, the chief minister said that the poorest of the poor should get the benefit and no one should have no complaint against implementation of welfare schemes.
Asking the collectors to focus on certain schemes designed by the state government keeping an eye on the welfare of the vulnerble section of the society, Patnaik said:" School going children, pregnant women, persons with disability, poor families needing treatment, indigeneous artist groups and SC & ST population are our priority." MORE
