Nitish issued the directive while making a high-level review of the progress of different schemes in Patna district at the conclusion of the first phase of his Seva Yatra.

After the meeting, the chief minister and almost all the departmental principal secretaries and secretaries left by road for Biharsharif to hold the review meeting of Nalanda, his home district. The officials, however, went by their own vehicles rather than by Volvo buses as announced earlier.

Nitish said that DMs would ensure that officials are told about their destination only an hour before departure. The officials would analyse the ongoing work in panchayats. The DMs will act against the employees against whom report is submitted, he said.

He made it clear that the DMs are not required to visit panchayats and only do review of the completed schemes. Rozgar Sevaks would be present during review and provide documents. If they fail to do so, FIRs would be lodged and they would be sent to jail.

He also directed the SSPs and SPs to direct the SHOs concerned to be present during panchayat-level review.

According to him in four months all schemes in all the panchayats in each district should be reviewed and social auditing completed. This exercise, he said, would help check corruption in MNREGA.

The chief minister expressed concern over the fact that Patna’s ranking is lowest in Midday meal and 26th in Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. In this regard he asked Patna division commissioner K P Ramaiah and Patna DM Sanjay Kumar to give special attention to better implementation of these schemes.

Later in Biharsharif, he released a booklet, Pahal, published by the district administration on various schemes going on in Nalanda district. He also visited the helpline established at Shaheed Hardeo Bhavan in Collectorate.

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