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Vigilance awareness week commences, VB organizes campaign for creating awareness across Punjab
—-Punjab CM reiterates providing corruption-free administration
—-Public awareness will play a crucial role in eradicating corruption: Varinder Kumar
Chandigarh October 31:
In a bid to promote transparency, accountability, probity and integrity in society, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Monday sensitized its officers/officials while celebrating ‘vigilance awareness week’ to spread awareness about the evil effects of corruption.
At the commencement of this week, Chief Minister Punjab Bhagwant Mann has also sent a message for the public to cooperate with the government in its anti-corruption campaign for providing corruption-free administration in the state. Punjab CM has asked the people to send correct information on the anti-corruption action line WhatsApp number 95012-00200 and nobody would be spared for any corrupt practices. The ‘Vigilance Awareness Week’ would be observed across the state from October 31 to November 6.
Disclosing this here today, Sh Varinder Kumar, ADGP-cum-Chief Director Vigilance Bureau said this outreach activity is aimed at spreading awareness among the public to play a crucial role in eradicating corruption from the government offices and society.
This awareness week would be seen as our continuous effort to involve the public as active participants in ensuring a ‘corruption-free state’ and also inspire the officers to implement preventive measures effectively so that transparency and accountability could be maintained, he added.
He further informed that motto of this awareness week was to create a corruption-free society under the theme of ‘Corruption-free India for a developed Nation’ as conceived by the Central Vigilance Commission. The VB Chief asked the officers/officials to work efficiently and clear the backlog of pending vigilance cases.
On the commencement of vigilance awareness week Joint Director Administration Vigilance Bureau Kanwaldeep Singh administered an integrity pledge to all officers and employees of the bureau. Among others present on the occasion included Rahul S. Director of Vigilance Bureau and all officers/officials at the headquarters.
Meanwhile, vigilance awareness week was also organized in all vigilance ranges and sub-divisions where field officers administered the oath of integrity to vigilance staff. The range SSPs have also chalked out various awareness programs to be conducted in educational institutions and offices during the week.
