Bhubaneswar Odisha India January 10 ANI Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said on Monday that the State Government is committed to empower the Panchayati Raj system to reach the poorest of the poor.
As many as 210 assistant executive engineers have been joined the Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department, according to the office of the Chief Minister of Odisha on Monday. This is the first batch of a new engineering cadre created in the Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Department.
The Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said Rural Housing and Drinking Water supply are the two flagship programmes of the Odisha government, as well as the newly recruited Assistant Executive Engineers of PR and DW Department.
The State Government is committed to convert all Kucha houses to Pucca houses in a time bound manner. A target has been set to provide pipe water to rural households by the year 2024. The Government is providing more manpower at the Gram Panchayat level. The expansion of rural infrastructure is the focus of the State Government. The creation of a new engineering cadre is indicative of our thrust on it, the Chief Minister said.
He said that the State Government is committed to empower the Panchayati Raj system to reach the poorest of the poor. The Chief Minister told the newly recruited engineers to put their energy and knowledge to be part of the transformation that is now happening in Odisha.
He urged new employees to follow and imbibe 5 T Mantras of our Government in their daily assignment: 5 fold strategy such as Testing, Tracking, Treatment, COVID 19 vaccine and adherence to COVID 19 Appropriate Behaviour.