By Bizodisha Bureau, August 15, 2019: Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced to launch the ‘Mo Sarkar’ or My Government programme on October 2 to make state-run hospitals and offices and the police more accountable and responsive to people’s needs.

Just after hoisting the national flag on Independence Day here in the morning, Patnaik said he will call up people and enquire about the quality of services being provided at police stations and hospitals from October 2, Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary under this new programme.

“I will seek feedback about citizen-centric services given by senior government officers at both district and state level. Also, ministers of the state government will ask people about their experience at government offices,” the chief minister added.

“If any rural household is deprived of electricity connection, then you can file an application at the local panchayat office and you will get electric connection within 48 hours,” he said.

In the next phase, all departments will execute the ‘Mo Sarkar’ programme by March 5, 2020, the birth anniversary of late chief minister Biju Patnaik.

Saying that the decision was part of his 5T mantra – technology, transparency, teamwork and time – in order to bring about a transformation in the way the government functions, Patnaik remarked, “The government is functioning due to taxpayers’ money. Thus, we have taken this important decision today.”

Incidentally, the Biju Janata Dal government led by Naveen Patnaik has started several programmes with Mo or my in Odia as a prefix to connect the common people. The public transport service in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Puri is ‘Mo Bus’ Similarly, a beach cleaning exercise in cyclone-hit Puri was named “Mo Beach” while a public bike-sharing system ‘Mo cycle’, through which can hire bicycles for a few hours started last year.