ASSAM: PGR DAY BECOMES POPULAR WITH RISE IN NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS

Public Grievances Redressal (PGR) Day got an overwhelming response with 70 applications received by the Hailakandi district administration on April 17. People from different parts of the district gathered outside the Deputy Commissioner's conference room seeking redressal of their grievances. Every Tuesday the administration holds PGR Day.

Majority of the complaints received  pertained to land issues such as pattas and demarcation, civic problems of Hailakandi Municipal Board and Lala Town Committee, scarcity of drinking water, deplorable condition of roads, water logging, jobs on compassionate grounds, non completion of projects, on schemes like MGNREGA and IAY, disconnection of power supply, non replacement of transformers, delay in getting pension benefits, ration card,  vendor licence, wages, compensation for damage of houses due to cyclonic storm and death of cattle following electrocution.