In pictures: Narendra Modi’s SWAGAT online session

Gandhingar, 23 August 2012

Presented in the pictures above is Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s today’s session of SWAGAT online public grievances programme held in Gandhinagar. The Chief Minister spoke to district collectors, district development officers and district police superintendents through live video conferencing and solved the problem of common visitors.

SWAGAT programme was launched in 2006 and so far 2.12 lakh applications are received under this programme. Of them 85.90% complains are sorted out, while in rest of the cases, the policy level decisions are in progress.

In today’s online session, the Chief Minister reviewed the scarcity management in connection with provision of fodder, drinking water, rain, farm side water conservation, relief works and more.

The Chief Minister asked district officials to start a tree plantation drive near Narmada and other irrigation canals, and to start excavation and desilting drive to make water bodies ready for conservation of water.