Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today held a high level meeting for early implementation of Bihar Public Grievance Redressal Bill, 2015 in the state.
The CM took stock of preparation for implementation of the Legislation at state, division, district and sub-division levels, Principal Secretary Home Amir Subhani said in a press statement after the meeting.
Chief Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh, Subhani, Principal Secretary to CM D S Gangwar and Additional Mission Director Bihar Administrative Reform Mission Pratima S Verma attended the meeting.
Subhani said that the CM directed officials to speed up preparation for implementation of the legislation at the earliest.
The CM ordered to set up a special counter down to sub division level for submission of public complaints and instructed to ensure basic facilities like drinking water and toilet there.
The proposed arrangement would provide time bound redressal of grievances with provision of punishment to officials found not doing so.
The CM directed to formulate comprehensive work plan at all levels and present it to him at the earliest, Subhani added.
The Legislative Assembly had in August last year passed Bihar Public Grievance Redressal Bill, 2015 with an aim to empower people to seek redressal of their grievances in a time-bound manner by government officials.
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today met various
socialist leaders and representatives of various organisations from across the country at his official residence 7, Circular Road in the state capital.
Representatives of organisations asked Kumar to adopt the drought-affected two districts - Beed and Latur - of Marathwada besides the Bihar government should also provide potable water and fodder for cattle to these districts.
Agreeing to their demands, Kumar said that he had directed his officials to contact railway officials for transporting water to the affected districts but the railway officials did not heed to the proposal.
"I am directing my officials to make fodder available to the two districts of 'Marathwada'. The state government will provide all possible help to the affected Beed and Latur districts of Marathwada," Kumar said.
Asserting that prohibition is a social issue in which he would play an active role, Kumar said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in favour of prohibition and hence he should enforce prohibition in all the BJP ruled states.
He further said that Jharkhand government should follow the Gujarat model, if not Bihar model, for enforcement of prohibition as there is prohibition in Gujarat too.
In reply to social activist Medha Patkar's suggestion to organise a meeting of organisations fighting against liquor either at Patna or Delhi, Kumar said "I will certainly participate in such meeting either at Patna or Delhi.
