Chief Secretary gets rousing welcome at civil secretariat Srinagar

Srinagar, Dec 20: Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo was given a rousing welcome by hundreds of employees on reaching the civil secretariat in Srinagar on Wednesday for the first time after assuming the charge of the post at the beginning of this month.

Dulloo, a 1989 batch IAS officer has served in J&K for most of his service.

He has earlier been the Administrative Secretary of many important departments including Health and Medical Education, Finance, and Agriculture besides being Deputy Commissioner (DC) of several districts of J&K.

Before being elevated to the post of Chief Secretary he was serving J&K as Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department, and has been instrumental in devising of Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP) aiming at revolutionising the agriculture sector with manifold increase in farmers’ income.

An official spokesman in a statement issued here said that on reaching the civil secretariat Srinagar on Wednesday afternoon, the Chief Secretary was received by hundreds of employees on the civil secretariat premises who accompanied him in the congregation to his office chamber.

Later, he also took a round of the civil secretariat and interacted with the employees working in different departments there.

The Chief Secretary enquired about their work and other facilities available to them for the smooth functioning of official work.

He also listened to the grievances of several delegations and gave on-the-spot instructions for their resolution and early disposal.

During his visit, the Chief Secretary was accompanied by the Commissioner Secretary Science and Technology; Commissioner Secretary Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs; Secretary, Youth Services and Sports; Secretary Tourism and Culture; Director Estates, Kashmir besides other senior civil and police officers.