Assam Floods
IAS officer walks through mud to inspect flood-hit areas in Assam’s Cachar district, pictures gone viral
Cachar, May 29: At a time when an IAS couple – Sanjeev Khirwar and his wife Rinku Dugga, both 1994 batch officers of the AGMUT cadre, were transferred by the Centre after it was claimed that the IAS couple used to walk their dog at the Thyagraj Stadium in Delhi and the athletes were being forced to finish their training for it, another IAS officer from Assam was seen as walking through mud in flood-hit areas.
Some pictures of IAS officer Keerthi Jalli, who is the current Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Assam’s Cachar district, visiting flood-hit areas in Cachar district have gone viral on social media.
The lady IAS officer was seen as she walked through mud in flood-hit areas in Cachar district and met the flood affected people.
#GoodGovernance
— District Collectors (IAS) (@DCsofIndia) May 27, 2022
Forever in service!
In picture: Keerthi Jalli, #IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Cachar, #Assam#Bureaucracy @dccachar @BureaucratsInd @IASassociation pic.twitter.com/LvlTey0OkO
Many netizens have praised Keerthi Jalli for her dedicated and commitment to service.
According to the reports, on May 25, Keerthi Jalli had inspected the flood and erosion affected areas of Chesri GP (Gram Panchayat), Chutrasangan village under Borkhola development block on foot through mud where she interacted with local people to understand their problems due to the flood and erosion.
She also directed the concerned officials to put in place all measures to protection of land from flood and erosion.
This is an appreciation tweet for @dccachar, Smt. Keerthi Jalli, IAS. Her eagerness to work for the people has no limits. The way she visited the remotest flood affected areas, taking stock of the damage and understanding the suffering of the people deserves huge respect. pic.twitter.com/ki7WPkUZOC
— Karim Uddin Barbhuiya (@KUBarbhuiya) May 25, 2022
She also distributed relief materials among the flood affected people.
In a video, the lady IAS officer was seen as saying to a local, “No need to give clean water. Give me flood water to clean my feet.”
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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