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Monday, July 25, 2011

Sikkim Bhraman to connect better with people

CM CAUTIONS FIELD OFFICERS AGAINST PREPARING ESTIMATES WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING GROUND REALITIES AND REQUIREMENTS
GANGTOK, 24 July [IPR]: On the 31st day of his tour, the Chief Minister announced that the village-to-village tour would be made a yearly event in order to understand the problems faced by the people in every nook and corner of the state. The CM interacted with the public of Duga, Pachak, Central Pendam and Saku on the day.
The CM informed that the various demands received from the public during his tour and sanctioned by him would be brought before the coming monsoon session of the State Legislative Assembly and passed in the interest of the people. A compilation of the demands will be brought out in the form of a book and sent to the Gram Panchayats, the CM added.

The CM also cautioned field officers against preparing estimates without understanding the actual field requirements. He advised field officers to personally visit the field and study the actual field requirement and feasibility of projects before preparing the estimates.
Further, the Chief Minister emphasized on the preparation of social estimates and public hearing of schemes in the Gram Sabha before implementation of the projects. The project implemented should be transparent in every aspect as the people have every right to know about the schemes being implemented in their areas and public hearing of the projects should be made mandatory before starting work in the field, he said.
Talking about the present education system and its impact on the society the Chief Minister said that the system of education has become a medium of producing doctors, engineers and professionals and not value based, as it should be.
“So, my dear students, education should be value based and it should produce not only successful people but also good citizens”, he expressed.
Giving examples of Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Abraham Lincoln as good citizens who changed the world for the better while others like Hitler, Osama Bin Laden, etc who were successful but terrorized and destroyed the world for their interest. He asked students to differentiate between these people and learn from their lives.
At Saku, Secretary, West Pendam GPU, Pratap Rai donated house sites measuring 30ft x 33ft each to four villagers of the GPU for the construction of houses under the Kutcha House Free State Mission. The land documents were handed over to the four beneficiaries by the Chief Minister.
The CM was felicitated at Saku by the co-operative societies of West Pendam GPU and at Duga by the beneficiaries of Chief Minister’s Rural Housing Scheme who were allotted houses under Kutcha House Free State Mission.

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