GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asked the government to expedite processing of files for the interests of stimulating overall development of the State and speedy implementation of the government schemes. For speedy disposal of a file, efforts have to be taken at all levels of a department. Chief Minister Sonowal observed this while addressing the senior officers at the conference hall of Janata Bhawan here on Monday.
Sonowal said a section of people of the State had alleged that the speed of the government works had slowed down and there had been negative impact on the culture of work. “In this backdrop, all the government departments have to take responsibility to restore the trust of the people in governance,” he said
Sonowal said that for the larger interests of the people of Assam the present BJP-led government had come to power and to achieve the desired changes in real sense of the term the government has to work resolutely. He said, “We have to double the good works done by the government this year after its impressive first year in power”.
He also said that the government officers had immense experience and this vast experience needed be translated into action and the senior officers have to be role model for the batteries of junior officers and other employees.
Sonowal said, “In order to stimulate all sections of the people, Central and State governments have been taking several schemes and flawless implementation of the schemes will lead to overall development of the State.”
Sonowal also reiterated that the present State government was committed to form a state free from corruption, pollution, terrorism and illegal foreigners and for that everybody had to take responsibility. He also advocated that government had to stand by the side of the people during any exigency. In the recent wave of flood, every effort was made by the State Government to reach out to the affected people, adding he said that media through its reports had brought to the fore where administration could not reach. He, therefore, thanked the media for bringing the misery of unreached to the notice of the state government and helped it to reach out to all the affected people. He also stated that in the coming days all steps have to be made in making the government more responsive and accountable.