CM Naidu Asks Officials To Avoid Shortage in Supply of Potable Water in Summer

 Vijayawada: Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has directed the officials to ensure there is no shortage to drinking water supply in the state.

The CM held a review meeting on several issues from the Real Time Governance Society at the Secretariat on Monday. He directed chief secretary Sai Prasad to release Rs 1 crore to each district collector for this purpose. The supply should be done through water tankers in places of shortage, he said, and called for repairs to the defunct borewells.

Naidu called for registration of vehicles within 24 hours from the time of purchase and simplifying procedure for this. Automobile dealers could be identified as an additional registration authority apart from the road transport department, he said.

The CM laid stress on more usage of AI in citizen services being offered by the government and proposed the setting up of an advisory panel with experts to make efficient usage of AI.

He asked the officials to arrange a workshop to enhance usage of drones in the state and efforts to ensure the use of drones in mining activities as is already being done in Madhya Pradesh.

There, he said, must be a usage of the system called AWARE to bring about awareness among the people on steps to be taken to avoid people becoming vulnerable to sunstroke and to get relief. Distribution of drinking water, butter milk and ORS packets to the people is advised. He also asked officials to take support from voluntary agencies.

Officials have been asked to come up with innovative ideas to provide better citizen services related to various departments and called for public connectivity to get good feedback from the people on government services that are being provided.

Naidu directed RTGS officials to analyse the market to ensure there’s no trouble to the farmers with regard to rates for their produce. There must be close monitoring of government programmes and implementation of several welfare schemes at the ground level by senior officials, he said.

The CM directed the secretary rank officials to visit various areas thrice a month, followed by heads of department for six days and district collectors for eight days, to interact with the people and know about the ground realities vis-à-vis governmental initiatives.

All the government services, except for emergency services, should be provided online, he said.

The CM asked the officials to provide information to fishermen after completion of the ban on marine fishing as to where they could get good catch based on the data being generated through AWARE.