Exhorts People to Come Forward For Second Dose to Triumph over this Ongoing Battle against CoronaVirus

By Gaurav Sidhu

Jalandhar, October 20

Emerging as a leading district for vaccinating rural population, Jalandhar district has completed 100 percent vaccination in 560 villages here on Wednesday.

Divulging the details, Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori said that a special drive has been going on to ensure 100 percent vaccination at villages across the district and under this mammoth drive, Jalandhar health department teams have been camping in the villages to cover the maximum population.

The DC said it was the need of the hour to vaccinate people on a war footing to build herd immunity to combat the third wave by sending teams in every nook and corner of the district.

He informed that those villages that have achieved 100% vaccinations include 36 villages under Bilga Health Block, 30 villages in Jandiala, 15 in Lohian, 76 in Bara Pind, 48 in Adampur, 1 in Bundala, 44 in Kartarpur, 54 in Mehatpur, 85 in Kala Bakra and 68 in Jamsher and 103 villages of Shahkot health block.

Under the immunization drive initiated from January 16, 2021, district administration has covered more than 90 per cent population by administering over 20.50 lakh doses to eligible beneficiaries of the district, he said

The DC called upon people to come forward for the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine to ensure their safety from the virus. He added that special mobile camps were being held across the district to assist people with doorstep inoculation facilities.

Giving more information about the drive, Thori said that the teams of district administration and health department were in constant touch with the panchayats and sarpanches to ensure timely vaccination. He said that the efforts were receiving encouraging responses from the residents of villages. In the coming days the remaining villages will also be covered as per the availability of the vaccine, he said.

District Immunization Officer Dr. Rakesh Chopra said that in the above 560 villages, all eligible beneficiary people have been vaccinated with first dose of the vaccine.

He said that drive is going on and remaining villages of the district would be covered soon to ensure 100% immunization in coming days as around 90% eligible population in villages have already received first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

He also thanked the district administration headed by Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori for ensuring the timely availability of vaccines and for their support by setting up special mobile camps at the village level. He said that this achievement has been achieved with the help of district administration.

Lists Transparent and Pro-Government Governance including Benefits of Government Schemes to the Needy as Priority Agenda

By Amrit Sidhu Brar

Patiala, October 5:

Senior IAS officer of 2010 batch, Mr Sandeep Hans today took over as the new Deputy Commissioner of Patiala. He has assumed office following the transfer of his predecessor Mr Kumar Amit.  Mr Kumar Amit formally welcomes to his new incumbent before relinquising his charge.

Earlier, he was working as DC Moga and transferred to Patiala recently. Having graduation in Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mr Sandeep Hans is known for his administrative skills as well as  ability to find immediate and appropriate solutions to the problems and grievances of the common man as he has a long experience of working on various adminstrative posts including Chief Administrator, Punjab Urban Development Authority, SAS Nagar, Commissioner Municipal Corporation Mohali and many other coveted posts. He has also served at Patiala as Additional Deputy Commissioner (G) in 2017.

On arriving at Mini Secretariat, Mr Hans was given a guard of honour by the district police before joining. He was formally welcomed by ADC  (Urban Development) Gautam Jain, SP (H) Harkamal Kaur, SDM  Patran Ankurjit Singh, SDM Patiala Charanjit Singh, Jashanpreet Kaur Gill Estate Officer Patiala Development Authority, SDM  Nabha Kannu Garg, Assistant Commissioner (UT) Ms Chandra Jyoti Singh,  Assistant Commissioner (General) Jasleen Kaur Bhullar, Assistant Commissioner (Grievances) Kiran Sharma, District Revenue Officer Mukesh Kumar and other officers and staff of the Deputy Commissioner Office.

After assuming office, Mr. Sandeep Hans said, “As per the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Mr Charanjit Singh Channi, it would be his prime responsibility to extend the benefits of the Punjab Government’s public welfare schemes to the needy at grass root level and provide transparent, corruption free and pro-people administration to the people”.

The Deputy Commissioner while getting information about the district and the ongoing development works from the district officers directed that the development works should be completed in stipulated time. He also directed the officers and employees to be present in their offices on time and give priority to resolving the grievances of the people on so that no citizen has to be felt unattended in government offices.

Amit Mahajan takes charge as RTA Secretary in Jalandhar

@ Amrit Sidhu Brar

Jalandhar, October 4: 2012 batch PCS. Officer Mr. Amit Mahajan today assumed charge as Secretary, Regional Transport Authority, Jalandhar. Earlier, he was serving as Additional Deputy Commissioner (Urban Development) at Gurdaspur. He has also served as SDM. Mukerian and SDM  as Hoshiarpur.

After assuming office at his office on Monday, Mr. Mahajan said that he would discharge his duties with utmost sincerity, dedication and diligence and every effort would be made to make the functioning of the office more efficient.

He asked the employees of the department to conduct the hearing of the people coming to work in the office on priority basis so that the people do not have to face any kind of harassment.

Earlier, the staff had given a warm welcome to him on the occasion.

Top position in PGRS, Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojna and zero pendency in citizen centric services yield promising results for Jalandhar

By Amrit Sidhu Brar

Jalandhar, October 3

Adding another feather in its cap, the Jalandhar has been ranked first district in the state by overall scoring 100 percent in 64 parameters related with effective implementing several development and social welfare programs in the state.

The district led by Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori is already leading in the state for last one-year by achieving 0.0 percent pendency in the Sewa Kendra.

In the report released by the state government, Jalandhar district has achieved first rank in expenditure and works completed in smart village campaign-2, Skill Development under National Livelihood Mission, Poshan Abhiyan, Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojna, and citizen pendency services with Agriculture department.

Notably, Jalandhar has performed well in the redressal of grievances received through PGRS with the redressal of 1758 complaints within a given time-frame. A total of 1828 complaints were received through this portal of which only 70 are pending that too within timeline.

Likewise, Jalandhar district has secured top position in the state by ensuring zero pendency in citizen centric services through effective monitoring of delivery of these services.

The third major achievement was made in Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojna, where district has maintained top position by generating maximum E-cards of beneficiaries. The DC said that all these three components had higher weightage in the assessment adding that top positions in these flagship programs yielded promising results for Jalandhar.

Giving credit to the officials and employees of the departments, Deputy Commissioner said that they are real heroes who made it possible. He said that directions were issued to the departments to strictly adhere to the timelines set by the government in implementing programs besides bringing pace in the completion of the developmental works and ensuring prompt services to the people.

He exhorted the team of the district administration to continue to exhibit such zeal and passion towards people. Pointing out further, District Manager Sewa Kendras Hatinder Kumar said that due to special efforts of Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori Jalandhar district has been maintaining top position in providing citizen centric services to people in a time-bound manner. He said that regular monitoring by top officials has ensured zero pendency approach of district administration.