Chief Minister Smt. Vasundhara Raje has said that collector is the face of the government in all tactical matters. His office is the first and foremost office that can resolve problems and spearhead planning and development that leads to the betterment of the quality of life of the residents of the district. Keeping this in view collectors should be more sensitive towards their working style and should be more connected to the people. Problems of people should be resolved at local level so that people should not have to come to the capital.

Smt. Raje was addressing the inaugural session of the Collector-SP conference at CMO on Wednesday. She said apart from the meetings collectors should go among people so that they could get feedback.

The Chief Minister said collectors should prepare future development plan keeping in view the necessity, public expectations and circumstances of the district. She said wide stretches of encroachment on industrial land should be cleared and collectors should ensure removal of encroachment on industrial land apart from making bank of industrial land in the concern district.

Smt. Raje said to complete the target of making the state free from open defecation till year 2018, there should be effective monitoring of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Our cities should be free from garbage, posters and free from sewerage problem. She said other cities should learn from Udaipur as how the city has been made clean by involving people of city. Cleanliness and security makes first impression on tourists, she said.

The Chief Minister said collectors should keep special focus on electricity theft. District administration must participate actively in Electrification Camps and Bijlee Choupals starting statewide from 16 August. She said DISCOMS in state have Rs. 80,000 crore as debt.

Smt. Raje said revenue matters pending for years have been disposed during the ‘Nyay Aapke Dwar’ campaign and the campaign has given relief to the people.
The Chief Minister said collectors should give reply to the letters sent to them by public representatives. She said being Chief Minister if she could give reply to 5 thousand letters and make call back if she did not receive the call than why Collector and SP can’t do this. She asked collectors to call back if they receive any phone call regarding problems. They must behave in a manner that people can feel comfortable with them, she said.

Smt. Raje directed collectors to make regular inspection of the R.O. plants. She said there were complaints about water connection not given to R.O. plants. Such complaints should be taken seriously, she said.

The Chief Minister asked collectors to prepare plan for alternative use of 2,183 non-residential and 1,095 residential buildings lying unused in the state. She also asked collectors to identify the buildings lying unused.

Smt. Raje directed collectors to monitor all works under ‘Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana’ for quality and timely execution. She said identified villages under ‘Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana’ and Mukhyamantri Adarsh Gram Panchayat Yojana should be prepared as a blue print for development.

She asked collectors to constitute District Executive Committees to oversee the progress of government schools in their district. She also directed to bring pace in toilet construction in schools and arrangement of buildings for the schools that are running without building.

The Chief Minister directed the collectors to check the habit of officers of government departments leaving headquarters on Friday evening and coming late on Monday.

Smt. Raje directed collectors that compensation should be given to farmers affected by hailstorm in the affected districts. She asked collectors to keep in view cleanliness and hygiene in the district hospitals. CMHOs, PMOs should be directed to keep special vigilance, she said. She also laid stress on practical training of ASHAs for the survey of Arogya Rajasthan Campaign.

In the beginning of the conference Chief Secretary Shri C. S. Rajan informed about the objective of the conference. Members of the Council of Ministers, ACS, Principal Secretaries and Secretaries of various departments and other senior officials were present in the conference.

Jaipur, 22 July 2015