By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, June 11, 2017 : Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday asked the district collectors to act as catalysts of change for the betterment of public service delivery mechanism and stop collecting the PC or percentage from contractors for undertaking government work orders at block level in the State.

Dishing out the 3Ts (Team Work, Transparency and Technology) formula for quick and efficient delivery of welfare programmes, Patnaik told the 3-day Collectors’ workshop here, “I expect all the Collectors to act as agents of change for the betterment of public service delivery mechanism of the government. Encouraging team spirit, ensuring transparency and effectively using technology to provide last mile delivery of services to the people shall be the focus of our administration”.

Aware of the ongoing PC or per centage collection system from contractors implementing various government development programmes, Patnaik told the conference, “The PC collection system should be stopped.”

The chief minister also launched a web portal and urged people to suggest feedbacks on 10 different services by June 30 through online platform so that the constructive suggestions can be duly considered for improving public services.

Ten different initiatives like rural housing, drinking water facilities, paddy procurement, schemes and services related to farmers, facilities for students, municipal services, health care services, electricity supply, skill development and employment generation, welfare schemes for construction workers are the subject matter to be discussed during the three-day programme.

“I will be reviewing the performance of the collectors regarding improvement in Public Service delivery through use of 3Ts on regular basis,” Patnaik added.