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Videoconferencing facility to air grievances

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Half an hour will be allotted for this at grievance day meeting, says Collector

INNOVATIVE: The Collector, C. Vijayaraj Kumar, listening to grievances of people through videoconferencing in Thanjavur on Monday. — Photo: M. Srinath.

Thanjavur : The Thanjavur Collector, C. Vijayaraj Kumar, listened to the grievances of villagers through videoconferencing for half an hour at the general grievance day meeting at the Collectorate here on Monday.

The people of Thuvarankurichi in Pattukottai taluk aired their grievances from an Internet centre provided by the District Rural Development Agency, using videoconferencing.

The Collector and officials of various departments, sitting at the Collectorate, gave a patient hearing to their grievances and offered solutions.

A physically challenged man, Nagarathinam, sought a tricycle and national identity card for him. The Collector immediately sanctioned his request for a tricycle.

The Thuvarankurichi panchayat president, Manoharan, wanted Rs.2 lakh for construction of additional school buildings at Manalkadu and completion of flood relief work in the area.

Rengaswamy, a villager, asked for a public library and common burial ground.

He also wanted to know which land would be acquired for distribution under the scheme for giving away two acres of land to landless poor farmers.

The Collector said that he was yet to inspect the land and once officials inspected and finalised the land, the information would be provided.

Later, the Collector told presspersons that the aim of videoconferencing was to reach out to the people using the latest technology.

All people, particularly those in rural and far off villages, might not be able to come to the Collectorate every Monday for the grievance day meeting. So, it was decided to keep in touch with the people of 38 villages, where there were Internet centres.

Half an hour would be allotted for this, the Collector said.

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