Dehradun: Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan directed departments to ensure the rapid resolution of pending state-level matters pertaining to districts. Presiding over a review meeting at the Secretariat on Tuesday, he assessed the status of pending cases across all districts and urged inter-departmental coordination to accelerate execution.
The Chief Secretary instructed department heads that no unnecessary delays would be tolerated regarding district-level issues. District Magistrates (DMs) were advised to coordinate directly with department heads and senior officials to resolve bottlenecks promptly.
He emphasized that delays in ongoing developmental works—particularly those involving roads, bridges, public buildings, and infrastructure construction—are unacceptable. DMs were asked to conduct regular monthly reviews to maintain momentum.
Monthly Reviews Accelerating Resolutions:
Notably, review meetings are conducted on the first Tuesday of every month to track district matters pending at the secretariat level. Attending District Magistrates confirmed that this routine initiative has significantly accelerated the resolution of long-pending cases through direct coordination with senior state-level leadership.
Key attendees included Principal Secretary L. Fanai, Special Principal Secretary Amit Sinha, Secretaries Nitesh Kumar Jha, B.V.R.C. Purushottam, Ravinath Raman, Chandresh Kumar Yadav, Brijesh Kumar Sant, V. Shanmugam, R. Rajesh Kumar, Vinay Shankar Pandey, Vinod Kumar Suman, Jyoti Yadav, Ranveer Singh Chauhan, Dhiraj Singh Garbyal, and Rajendra Kumar, alongside Divisional Commissioners and District Magistrates of the Kumaon and Garhwal divisions.
