DW BUREAU / chandigarh Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal today chaired the District Public Relations and Grievance Redressal Committee meeting at Gurugram during which public grievances were heard and officials were directed to resolve them at the earliest. During the meeting, the complaints regarding illegal slums and encroachments on government land were also raised before the Chief Minister on which Sh. Manohar Lal directed all the officers to ensure immediate removal of all illegal encroachments in their respective jurisdictions. Besides this, he also directed that the land given for public facilities should also be registered in the name of the department or government in the revenue records. He directed all the agencies to work in coordination with each other. While hearing a complaint about the illegal dumping of debris on the vacant plots in Saraswati Kunj Society and along the roadside and the matter of illegal mushrooming of slums and encroachment done on government land in Gurugram city, the Chief Minister directed the Estate Officer-II to remove all the encroachers from his jurisdiction within one month's time. The Estate Officer apprised the Chief Minister that earlier he had launched an encroachment drive to remove slums and now he will again run a campaign to get the encroachments removed. While giving directions regarding the complaint related to Saraswati Kunj Society, the Chief Minister said that the Administration should ensure the construction of boundary walls around the plots after conducting a survey of it. Directing the officers of the Municipal Corporation regarding the dumping of debris in the vacant plot, the Chief Minister said that a portal should be developed for receiving the complaint about the debris and the Municipal Corporation after charging the prescribed fee should ensure its lifting to the designated place within 24 to 48 hours. Municipal Commissioner, Mukesh Ahuja, who was present in the meeting, apprised the Chief Minister that recently the contract has been given to ILFS Company to lift the debris and the company will start the said work in the next 7 days. Besides this, the Chief Minister also directed the officers concerned that with the help of CCTV cameras close vigil should be kept on those who are illegally dumping debris on roads. He further directed that police patrolling should be increased in those areas and fines should be imposed by challaning the defaulters. Meanwhile, Manohar Lal's visit to Gurugram today proved to be a boon for the girl students studying in Kanya Pathshala in Farrukhnagar. The matter of shortage of classrooms for girl students in this school was placed before the Chief Minister. After giving a patient hearing in the matter, Manohar Lal said that Haryana is the leading state in implementing 'Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao' campaign, therefore approval for the construction of a new building will soon be sought from the Education Department. However the construction work will be started in 20 days even before getting the final approval, he announced. (editor@dailyworld.in)