LUCKNOW: With the Covid-19 situation improving further in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed all senior officials to be present in their offices from 10 am to 12 noon every day so that they are easily available to the public. The CM also started Janata Darbar at his residence earlier this week where he has been interacting with the public.
“The CM had issued this order in 2019 but due to Covid, the system had to be suspended. Now that the situation has improved significantly, he said during the Team 9 meeting on Saturday that this process should be restarted. All additional chief secretaries, principal secretaries and secretaries have been directed to be present in their offices from 10 am to 12 pm at least five days a week and meet people to resolve their problems,” said a government spokesperson.
He added that officers on field duty should also be similarly present in their field office at the appointed hours to interact with the general public. “This will also apply to all district level officers and senior police officers,” he said.
When this rule had been formulated in 2019, the CM office had randomly called officials on their landlines to check whether they were following orders and were present in office. Those who were found absent were pulled up by the CM.
