The Times of India 13.08.2013
Varanasi Development Authority soon to get voice logger
VARANASI: To get rid of extortion and delay of map sanctions, Varanasi Development Authority will be installing a voice logger soon. Keeping the success of voice logger in city control room of district police which brought a change in the working of police in attending complaints of the people, the district magistrate and vice chairman of VDA, Pranjal Yadav decided to install the same at VDA office.
"Now, people having any complaint against the staff regarding delay in sanctioning of their map application or any other problem can record their message on voice logger system. I will personally monitor each and every message on day to day basis," said the district magistrate and vice chairman of VDA, Pranjal Yadav while talking to TOI on Monday. He said that while reviewing the files of pending applications for sanctioning of building maps it came to light that seeking no-objection certificate (NOC) from Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) is a time taking process. Apart from individual house maps, maps of group housing projects are also lingering due to the same reasons. Keeping the same fact in view, he said, it has been decided to fix one day in a week for the disposal of such applications in VMC. He said that a VDA engineer has been assigned to compile a list of all pending applications in which sanction has been sought for constructions in 300 sq mt and above area.
The DM, who also conducted a surprise inspection of VDA offices on Monday, found that many officials were not present at their seats. Taking a serious note of it, a show cause notice was issued to them while several others were also cautioned. He also ordered for the suspension of Nazir as despite getting instructions in past weeks he failed to ensure proper cleanliness of toilets, offices and also the maintenance work. Some works especially of purchase were taken from the store in-charge DK Singh and handed over to an assistant engineer. Pranjal said that similar checking would be done on regular basis to bring improvement in the functioning of agency.
