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Time of India
3 days ago
- General
- Time of India
Timely disposal of people's complaints my top priority: Gaya's new DM
Gaya: Aimed at ensuring effective and timely resolution of public grievances, Gaya district magistrate, Shashank Shubhankar, on Wednesday said that a portal was being developed for monitoring complaints of people coming at the Janata durbar. "I have instructed officials concerned to upload all the complaints on a portal. Regular monitoring regarding disposal of the complaints will be done through the portal. In case of inaction, responsibility will be fixed on the official concerned," the DM said in his first interaction with the mediapersons after he assumed charge on Tuesday. The DM said, "Apart from implementation of ongoing or the upcoming development projects, redressal of public grievances will be on his top priority. Now, people having any complaint can come to meet me in the office on any working day of the week from 11am onwards." He further said, "Flying squads will be constituted to conduct surprise inspections to monitor regular and timely attendance of officials and employees at district, block, circle and panchayat level govt offices. Instructions have also been given to officials of different departments like public health and engineering, public works, Pul Nirman Nigam and others to meet people at least twice a week and ensure redressal of their complaints. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Gentle Japanese hair growth method for men and women's scalp Hair's Rich Learn More Undo " The DM also instructed sadar SDO and the traffic DSP to chalk out a plan to ease traffic congestion. In view of Nirjala Ekadashi on Friday, the DM and the SSP Anand Kumar conducted inspection of Deo ghat near Vishnupad temple on Wednesday. He instructed to ensure all arrangements for the expected large gathering of devotees to offer puja at the Vishnupad temple early in the morning on Friday. The arrangements include making available pure and cold drinking water, cleanliness in toilets at Deo ghat, light at all dark spots around the temple area, and deployment of medical team with availability of ambulance for the devotees.
Times of Oman
11-04-2025
- Climate
- Times of Oman
Bihar: 23 dead as rains wreak havoc in Nalanda, 80 deaths reported in state
Nalanda: The death toll in Bihar's Nalanda district has risen to 23, following storm and rains wreaking havoc in the area, the District Magistrate said on Friday. Earlier, the death toll reported in Nalanda was 22 following the devastating storm and rains. 21 people had died as a result of thunderstorms, with DM Shubhankar confirming to ANI that atleast 1 person died due to lightning while others died due to being buried at different places. "23 people have died in Nalanda. Out of which one died due to lightning and others died due to being buried at different places," the Nalanda DM Shashank Shubhankar told ANI. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has also directed compensation for the families of the victims, and a team has been sent to assess the crop and housing damage in the area. "Action is being taken to compensate all the families as per the instructions of the Chief Minister, and most of the people have been given compensation. Along with this, the team has gone out to assess the crop damage and house damage," the DM said. He said that the work of restoring the 18 kilometres of Low-Tension lines (LT) and 200 electricity poles is ongoing and will be completed by this evening. "There was a challenge to restore the power system because more than 18 kilometres of LT line and more than 300 electricity poles have been uprooted, so it is being restored... All the system will be normal by this evening," he added. A compensation of Rs 4 Lakh has been announced to the families of the deceased. In addition to the loss of human lives, significant damage has also been reported to homes, livestock, and agricultural crops, DM Shubhankar stated, adding that officials will begin an assessment of property and crop damage on Friday, after which compensation for the same will be provided. The powerful storm, which uprooted trees and brought down structures across the region, led to fatalities in multiple blocks of Nalanda. According to the officials, a massive Peepal tree collapsed onto a temple in the Nagma village of the district, killing several people who had gathered to take shelter following the rain and storm. The villagers of the area have claimed a delay in giving them compensation of Rs 4 lakhs. "Compensation has not been received, nothing has been received. Someone had come to meet us; some officers from the government came to the police and identified them. They took our aadhar cards for identifying the deceased," said one of the villagers in Nagma. A total of 80 people have lost their lives following storms in different regions of Bihar. Bihar's Minister of Disaster Management, Vijay Kumar Mandal, said that the government is taking the matter really seriously. Mandal told ANI, "So far, the death toll stands at Minister has announced compensation, we are providing Rs 4 Lakhs each to the bereaved families. People have suffered losses to thunderstorm and rain, farmers too have suffered losses. We are making arrangements for that too. The government is very serious about this, and we will work on it."
