Mamata tells officials to increase contact with people and not

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked civil and police officials not to be confined in their offices but increase contact with the common people by visiting rural areas.

The cm gave instructions to officials to increase mass contact and hear the problems of people while addressing an administrative meeting here in Murshidabad district.

She said Block Development Officers and other officers, accompanied by Inspector-in-Charge of the respective police station should go to the homes of people, "sit on cot, have tea and hear their grievances."
The cm also asked the ICs and Officers-in-Charge of different police stations to be on guard against any attempt to disturb peace and "boost up their network."
She said the central agencies, manning the border, should share with the state details about any influx of foreigners for proper coordination and proper investigation and regretted "for past four-five years they are not sharing the information."