IEP Chandigarh, February 6
Haryana to formulate a plan to involve final year civil engineering students from state universities and polytechnic institutes to work with Junior Engineers (J.E.) to assist in preparing estimates of civil works. The plan would certainly play a pivotal role in timely preparation of work estimates.
Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal while chairing a review meeting with the officers concerned regarding the resolution of complaints filed on the Jan Samvad portal. During the meeting, he reviewed complaints received pertaining to the departments of Development and Panchayat, and Higher Education.
He directed officers to register complaints received in writing from the people during the Jan Samvad program on the Jan Samvad portal and resolve them promptly.
Reviewing these complaints, the Chief Minister said that most cases related to the Department of Development and Panchayat are associated with engineering works. Therefore, final-year civil engineering students from state universities and polytechnic institutes should be paired with junior engineers to assist in preparing estimates.
The Chief Minister was apprised that a list of junior engineers from departments closely involved in engineering works would be made available online for students, who can choose to work with a junior engineer within three days.
The Chief Minister emphasised the need for mapping of tasks and the preparation of categorised lists. The meeting also provided information that there are 23,364 development works listed by the Department of Development and Panchayat, 2370 by the Department of Public Health Engineering, and 1281 by the Urban Local Bodies Department.
Notably, four officers namely Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Sh. A.K. Singh, Chairman of Power DISCOMs, Sh. P.K. Das, Chief Commissioner, Haryana Right to Service Commission, Sh. T.C. Gupta, and Advisor (Irrigation) to Chief Minister, Sh. Devender Singh has been assigned special responsibility for handling complaints received during the Jan Samvad portal.
Additional Chief Secretary, Finance Department, Sh. Anurag Rastogi, Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education Department, Sh. Anand Mohan Sharan, Additional Chief Secretary, Development and Panchayat Department, Sh. Anil Malik, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Sh. V Umashankar, Director General, Higher Education, Sh. Mr. Rajiv Rattan, Chairman, Haryana Higher Education Council, Dr. Kailash Chandra Sharma and other officers also remained present on this occasion.
