3 officials suspended during Chg govt's 'Lok Suraaj' campaign

Three officials of various departments of Chhattisgarh Government have been suspended for dereliction of duty on directions of Chief Minister Raman Singh during ongoing 'Lok Suraaj Abhiyaan' of his government.
Similarly, notices have been served to some other officials against whom complaints have been received.
"Three officials of different departments were suspended and many others have been served with notices this week for dereliction in discharging their duty," a public relation official said here today.
The trio comprise a Sub-Divisional Officer of Public Works Department in Mahasamund district, a Sector Supervisor for anganwadi works in Surajpur district, and a Station House Officer (SHO) of a police station, also in Surajpur district.

The chief minister has been visiting different parts of the state as part of the 'Abhiyaan', a mass contact programme that seeks to address grievances of people and to take stock of implementation of development works and schemes.
During the campaign, action is taken after receiving complaint pertaining to negligence in discharging duty and corruption against any officials and employees, the official said.

Thethird phase of the campaign was started on April 3. It will conclude onMay 20.
During his visit to Jamhari village under Saraipalli Development block of Mahasamund district yesterday, the Chief Minister noticed that a road in the area is in poor condition, the official said, adding that local villagers also complained to the CM that the Sub-Divisional Officer of PWD remains absent most of the time from his office.

"Taking action immediately, the CM directed to suspend SDO, Mohan Ram Bhagat," the official said.
Similarly, the CM received a complaint regarding irregularity in distribution of ready-to-eat nutritional food to children and pregnant women at an anganwadi centre in Chandni-Biharpur village in Surajpur district, during his visit there recently.
On the direction of the chief minister, Surajpur district collector ordered a probe and prima facie found an anganwadi worker Anju Jaiswal guilty into the matter, according to the official.
"Jaiswal has been served notice asking her why she should not be terminated from the service. Sector Supervisor Kaushalya Tekam, who was deputed to look after anganwadi services, has been suspended," he said.

Moreover, Project Officer, Integrated Child Development Project (ICDS), Mahesh Markam, and Programme Officer, Surajpur, Priyanka Thakur were issued notices in this connection.
In a separate action in Surajpur, Station House Officer (SHO), Biharpur police station, Dadhibal Prasad Sahu was suspended over a complaint by villagers regarding illegal sale of liquor in the region, he said.
Notices were issued to some other officials and employees over different complaints in other parts of the state, he added.