Suhail Rather
Bandipora, 15 Jan: Despite having a functional district since 2006 most of the departments in Bandipora remain headless or officers working with additional charges in other districts have taken a heavy toll on the Government promise of “Good Governance”.
Several key Departments are facing the worst crisis owing to being headless or the head having multiple charges that has taken a heavy toll on the performance of these departments.
The heads of several key departments including Department of Employment, Co-operatives, Handicrafts, Hamdloom, Social Welfare, District Information office and several other departments have additional charges in other departments that hamper the smooth functioning of these departments and troubling the locals.
Interestingly the Department of Rural development is also headless after the previous Assistant Commissioner development transferred a few months ago.
Locals said the scenario has led to officers hardly attending their regular duties in their respective offices. “Most of the officers enjoy additional charges in their departments and are hardly available to common people to dispose of their issues”
“I have been doing rounds in the department of Employment and Labour department from more than ten days but all in vain as I am repeatedly being told that the officer has additional charge in the other office and is not available in this office”, said a local
Insiders said that some officers have taken advantage of additional charges and hardly attend their offices.
They appealed to the Deputy Commissioner Bandipora and Divisional Commissioner to look into the matter and take appropriate steps toredress their grievances.
