Shimla : Following the approval of Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, the state government has prepared a check list for maintenance audit of the government circuit houses and the PWD Rest houses all over the State. Stating this here today, Secretary, PWD Abhishek Jain said that department on directions of PWD Minister Vikramaditya Singh after seeking approval from the Chief Minister has prepared a detailed check list of all rest houses and their maintenance to provide better guest experiences and facilities in the PWD rest houses. This encompasses the inspection of floors, electrical systems, elevators, maintenance of gardens, parking areas to check any unauthorized parking, lightening system and much more. Any system that has the potential to wear down or need replacing over time should ideally be included in regular maintenance responsibilities.
He said that an officer of the rank of Junior Engineer and SDO (PWD) will monthly conduct inspections of the rest houses and the circuit houses to check the structural items which include roofs, walls, ceilings, leakages/seepages and conditions of fire extinguishers etc.
Besides, they will also do grading from very good to poor of the quality and condition of electrical appliances, availability of water, sewerage system and water purifiers etc. The report will be scrutinized by the Executive Engineer of the concerned section and load it online for further analysis by the higher authorities. Apart from all this, the quality of furniture, the quality and quantity and quality of facilities as cleanliness and hygiene in kitchen, wash rooms and other essential items in wash rooms, beds, quilts, pillows etc will be inspected monthly.
As many as 50 agendas have been incorporated in format prepared for the inspection which will be available with all inspecting officer and also available on the website of the Public works department viz: http://hppwd.hp.gov.in
” It becomes the responsibility of the department to cater all the facilities to the visitors when the boarding and lodging rates have been enhanced equally for all category of visitors whether official or non-official”, said the Secretary. As the online reservation system is already been in practice, the rest houses and the circuit houses will be open to all type of visitors and for this signage’s have been ordered to erected at every rest and circuit houses besides mentioning the distance and directions of different places, he stated.
These measures will not only ensure increased footfall, but will also the build credibility, he remarked further adding that the rest or circuit house having best grading of cleanliness and maintenance will be awarded on quarterly basis which also includes the behaviour of the Staff.
