Bhubaneswar: After a brief hiatus due to the Assembly Budget Session, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi’s grievance cell resumed on Monday. CM’s grievance cell was closed for six weeks for the Assembly session and a few festivals.
Majhi was seen at the cell with officials of the CMO and other departments on Monday morning attending general public who had come to Bhubaneswar from across the state.
However, from this week onwards 1,000 registrations will be considered online. The new system has streamlined the process of grievance hearing and redressal apart from crowd management at the cell, officials said.
On Monday, Chief Minister Mohan Majhi started the hearing at 11.00 am and continued the hearing till around 5.00 pm. A total of 1,000 complaints were registered and all the complainants met the Chief Minister and other ministers and expressed their problems.
Shankar Das, a retired civil servant from Angul, was one of the complainants who came forward today. He complained to the Chief Minister that he was treated unfairly and neglected during his employment. The Chief Minister listened to his complaint seriously and advised him not to be impatient. He directed the concerned departmental officers present to do justice to him.
Similarly, another complainant was Nirakar Naik, a 22-year-old disabled youth from Bhadrak district. His father and mother were with him. The young man was crippled by Japanese fever and the cost of treatment is high. He came to the Chief Minister for medical help. After hearing the assurances from the Chief Minister about medical treatment, they returned happy.
Another complainant from Koraput district, Ramesh Dhal told about the unjust oppression of him in the village. After hearing the complaint, the Chief Minister directed the district SP to give him justice immediately. Similarly, another complainant was Sarojini Das of the Tangi area of Khurda district who alleged that his son had been killed. The police have not caught the murderer till today. The Chief Minister immediately directed the district SP to give him justice.
Seventeen farmers from Rajkanta in Kendrapara district came to meet the Chief Minister complaining about financial manipulation in the Varuna Primary Agriculture Cooperative in their area. They alleged that two officers of the association had misappropriated the government’s financial assistance meant for farmers but no action has been taken against them so far.
Farmers came to the Chief Minister to get their due government benefits. The Chief Minister himself came to them and received the letter of complaint and assured them that this government is the government of farmers.
