LUDHIANA: In another citizen centric initiative to herald a new era of effective, transparent and responsive governance, the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday launched revolutionary faceless RTO Services to facilitate the masses.
At the very offset the Chief Minister imposed a lock on the office of the RTO as a mark of symbolism to close the office and end an era of corruption prevalent in them.
Chief Minister said that people faced a lot of inconvenience in the RTO offices and this day marks the end of this thereby immensely benefitting the common man. He said that with this initiative lock has been imposed on inconvenience and corruption caused to the common man adding that this is in consonance with the zero tolerance policy against corruption of the state government. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that earlier the people have been immensely benefited by the Revenue reforms which has empowered the people in a big way.
The Chief Minister categorically said that none of the employees will be shunted out and their services will be duly utilized by the state government in other departments as per their eligibility. He said that contrary to the past when ribbons were cut to harass the people now the state government is locking the offices to facilitate them in a big way. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that the state government has so far closed 19 toll plazas in Punjab to ensure that the unnecessary plundering of people is checked.