NEWLY RECRUITED ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEERS JOINING PR & DW DEPARTMENT
(The Quiver) Today on January 10, 210 Assistant Executive Engineers Joined Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department. This is the first batch of a new engineering cadre created in the PR & DW Department.
The CM, Shri Naveen Patnaik, addressed the orientation programme for the newly recruited Assistant Executive Engineers of PR & DW Department. On the occasion the CM said that Rural Housing & Drinking Water supply are the two flagship programmes of the Odisha Government. The CM further added that the state government has committed to convert all Kucha houses to Pucca houses in a time bound manner.
“A target has also been sent to provide pipe water to all rural households by 2024. Therefore, the Government is providing more man power to Gram Panchayat level. The State Government emphasis has been on expansion of rural infrastructure. Thus, the creation of a new engineering cadre is indicative to our thrust on it,” said the CM. He also said that the state government has empowered the Panchayati Raj system so that, the benefits of development would reach the poorest of the poor people.
CM advise to the newly recruited Engineers
Chief Ministered advised the newly recruited engineering to put all their energy and knowledge to be a part of 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. Highlighting the principles of State’s Governance, the CM said the people are at the core of our Government. We need to serve them with dignity and professionalism.
Along with the CM, Minister Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, Urban, Housing and Law Shri Pratap Jena, Chief Secretary Shri Suresh Mohapatra, Secretary to Chief Minister (5-T) Shri V.K Pandian and other senior officers addressed the orientation programme, while Principal Secretary Panchayati Raj & DW Department Shri Ashok Meena gave the welcome address and Director Special Project proposed vote of thanks.
