PATNA: Chief minister Nitish Kumar was surprised over the kind of complaints he received from several people and reddressed the grievances of many immediately at his ‘janata ke darbar mein mukhyamatri’ programme which he resumed after almost five years on Monday.
An anganwadi sevika complained that she had not received her remuneration for the last two and a half years despite performing duty on a regular basis.
The woman’s husband said he has been running from pillar to post for the payment of his wife’s remuneration, but in vain. Apparently upset over the complaint, the CM asked additional chief secretary of the social welfare department to look into it.
Another woman from Samastipur complained about her non-appointment as an anganwadi sevika under Bibhutipur block despite the post advertised way back in 2016. The CM again directed the social welfare department officials to look into the matter.
Abhilash Kumari and Akansha Kumari, both from Bhagalpur, told the CM about denial of benefits under the ‘CM Kanya Utthan Yojana even after two years of passing out their graduation examinations. Their complaints were referred to the education department for action.
Some complaints related to the student credit cards. A few students accused the bank officials of harassing them for payment of the interest on the loan taken for their higher studies.
A youth complained about not getting treatment for black fungus. the CM asked the officers to take him to the place where the senior health department officials were sitting. Health minister Mangal Pandey was also present. The CM was dismayed as how the youth was allowed inside despite being infected with black fungus. Thermal screening of the applicants was carried out at the entrance gate of the hall.
After receiving such complaints, Nitish said, “Yeh to accha hua ki yah programme phir se shuru kar diye (it's good that the programme has been resumed).” In fact, he was a bit delighted over getting feedback from the people directly on the functioning of different government departments.
A youth from East Champaran district sought financial assistance for running his small business of making snacks and chips at his native village. The youth had returned from Chhattisgarh during lockdown and started business with the help of a group of his co-villagers. The CM assured referred his case to the labour resources department for necessary action.
A resident of Nawada drew the attention of Nitish towards use of vulgarity in certain languages. The CM directed the chief secretary to take proper action in this regard.
Similarly, a resident of Supaul complained about an auxiliary primary health centre running on papers only in Raghopur block for the last several years and the staff being paid their salaries. The matter was referred to the health department.
Complaints related to termination of contract of data entry operators deputed at police stations under CCTNS, old-age pension, appointment on compassionate grounds and payment of arrears of contractual schoolteachers and artists working for arts and culture department were also received.
A resident of Saran complained that the academic sessions of JP University, Chhapra, was running behind schedule.
A statement issued by the IPRD said altogether 146 applicants turned up at the programme, including 28 women. The CM patiently listened to the complaints of the people from 10.50am to 3.40pm.
Deputy CMs Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi, health minister Mangal Pandey, education minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary, social welfare minister Madan Sahni, labour resources minister Jibesh Kumar, SC/ST welfare minister S K Suman, science and technology minister Sumit Kumar Singh, art, culture and youth affairs minister Alok Ranjan besides heads of different departments were present during the programme.
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