Gurpal Singh Chahal assumes charge as DC Ferozepur

Ferozepur: Newly appointed Deputy Commissioner of Ferozepur Gurpal Singh Chahal today said that he would accord top priority to provide clean, transparent and responsive administration to the people along with making Ferozepur a CoronaVirus free district. 
 After assuming the charge of his office, the Deputy Commissioner said that all efforts would be made to provide clean, transparent and responsive administration to the people. Chahal, a 2010 batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service, said that a transparent mechanism would be evolved for further streamlining the administrative functioning in the district. He said that no stone would be left unturned towards the implementation of the pro-people and development oriented policies of the state government to benefit the masses.
 The Deputy Commissioner further stated that he would carry forward the welfare programs and policies of the Punjab government to safeguard the interests of the weaker and underprivileged sections of the society adding that due focus would be laid on Revenue generation also. He said that the schemes like Ghar-Ghar Naukri, Smart Village Campaign, Punjab Urban Environment Improvement Program, Sarbat Sehat Beema Yojna, Pensions, DAPO, BUDDY, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and others would be implemented smoothly for ensuring that the benefits of these schemes were percolated to the people. 
 The Deputy Commissioner said that under ‘Mission Fateh’- launched by Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh a few days back, a comprehensive roadmap would be prepared to ensure resurgence of the district from the Covid 19 pandemic. He said that strenuous efforts would be made to give fillip to the socio-economic growth of this border district thereby ensuring the prosperity of its people. Chahal said that apart from putting the district on a high growth trajectory, concerted efforts would also be made to make it CoronaVirus free by checking its spread. 
 The Deputy Commissioner said that already a slew of activities were going on to generate maximum awareness amongst people against CoronaVirus which would be further accelerated. He said that augmentation in infrastructure, if any needed, to combat would be done to impart quality treatment. Chahal said that the strict enforcement of social distancing would be ensured and after review Executive Magistrates and Sectoral officers would be asked to issue challans to people violating the norms. 
 The Deputy Commissioner said that every effort would be made to further streamline the functioning of the government departments and to ensure that people were benefited from the government schemes. He said that a weekly review would be held on every Saturday to assure their proper implementation.    
 On the occasion, the Additional Deputy Commissioners Ravinder Singh, SDM Amit Gupta, SDM Zira Ranjit Singh along with other officers welcomed the Deputy Commissioner in his office. Earlier, the Deputy Commissioner was given Guard of Honor at the district administrative complex by a contingent of Punjab Police.