Discontinued Since 2008, Hearing Of Public Grievance By Odisha CM Begins Again Under New BJP Govt

After almost 16 years, people from different parts of Odisha were seen queuing up before the grievance cell of the State government which has been revived by the newly-elected BJP government.Chief Minister Mohan Majhi personally listened to the grievances of people who turned up at the venue even from remote parts of the State.As the CM is personally hearing the grievances, people turned up in large numbers on Monday to make the government aware of their problems.The development assumes significance as former CM Naveen Patnaik was not coming to the public grievance cell. A lot of people alleged that their grievances fell on deaf ears when BJD government was in power.Reportedly, the new CM Mohan Majhi along with other senior officials will listen to the grievances of the people on a regular basis. The people are also happy as they will be able to share their problems with CM Mohan Majhi and are hopeful that their grievances will be resolved.The hearing of people’s grievances is being done at the designated CM’s Grievance Cell in the Unit-V area in Bhubaneswar.The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) and Bhubaneswar Municipal Commission (BMC) also resumed grievance hearings on July 1st. As per official sources, the public grievance hearing will be conducted every Monday (except government holidays) between 11 am and 1.30 pm. Earlier, the grievance hearing was stopped since March 16 due to the model code of conduct for Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Odisha.On Monday, a lot of people approached the BMC regarding problems due to open drains, vending zones, roads and other issues. The local residents alleged that despite repeated complaints regarding open drains and other issues, the authorities in the past only gave assurances to complete the work. But allegedly, nothing changed.BMC Commissioner Rajesh Pravakar Patil said that the civic body will hold a meeting with senior officials and take appropriate steps to resolve these issues. According to Patil, the work for installing slabs over open drains will be completed within one and a half months. Temporary barricades have also been installed at 25 different locations. Some slabs are getting damaged during cleaning works and we are looking at it apart from taking steps for permanent solutions. At vulnerable points, temporary barricades have been set up and pumps have been deployed for localised waterlogging issues.

Published: Odishatv Bureau

Last updated: 02 July 2024, 05:01 PM IST