Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai asks to provide responsive administration

By Our Special Correspondent

After reviewing implementation of various budgetary programmes with Ministers last week, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday instructed Deputy Commissioners to bring in change in the district administration and face challenges untidily to make administration more responsive to the public.

Mr. Bommai, who chaired a conference of Deputy Commissioners here, asked them to execute the Government’s programmes promptly by taking bold decisions. He told officials to work proactively to give good administration instead of just thinking about the change.

"I need your cooperation to realize my idea of building a new Karnataka," the CM added. Bommai reminded them, "Don’t forget this is the last year of the five-year term of the government and the budget implementation is a responsibility that you have to ensure."

He said the district administration plays a crucial role in developing the state. "If the DC and DC's office are proactive, it would make the administration proactive automatically," he said.

DCs should visit offices of tahsildars and additional deputy commissioners at least once a week and ensure that applications or petitions are not pending.

They should monitor the stocks of sowing seeds and fertilizers ahead of the sowing season, he said. On the issue of burial grounds, he said the DCs should ensure that land is granted for the purpose in every village. He advised the officers to increase COVID testing. Genome sequencing is not needed in every case, he said.