kolkata uplift of the adivasis and the poor forest dwellers of jangalmahal has been her focus since mamata banerjee became the railway minister she made clear her plans to carry it forward within a week after taking charge as chief minister on tuesday mamata held a fourhour meeting with the district magistrates police superintendents chief secretary samar ghosh home secretary g d gautama and the other top brass in the state administration and took some important decisions regarding reaching out to the poor foodgrains oldage pension scstobc certificates money under social security projects and job opportunities several key ministers in her cabinet partha chatterjee amit mitra and manish gupta were also present at the meetingall the dms were also asked to submit a status paper on their respective districts to prepare a blueprint for development in the meantime however antipoverty measures would get immediate priority chatterjee saidmamata asked finance minister amit mitra to see how the embargo on social security projects taking into consideration the condition of the states treasury could be lifted so that people get oldage pensions and workers allowances which many have been denied for so longthe chief minister especially said that drinking water and allotted food grains must reach the poor especially in the backward districts of jangalmahal and to poor labourers of north bengal tea gardens said state commerce and industries minister partha chatterjee a special cell will be formed to ensure tea garden workers get benefits under social security schemesduring the meeting the chief minister asked dms to ensure that the delivery system which is in a shambles is revived as quickly as possible and the poor get their due there are a lot of grievances over bpl cards scstobc certificates and these have to be redressed the cm has asked the district administration to identify the weaknesses and reach food to the poor beef up and monitor the system she also reviewed centrally aided government projects and asked officers to see that people get jobs for at least 100 days a year under the mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee programme officers have been asked to urgently submit reports to the cm on unused land under every department so that a land bank can be formed that apart a meteorology department will be formed so that all environmentrelated studies can be undertaken by itthe discussions officers said were held in an extremely congenial ambience the chief minister was said to be in a very good mood and smiled a lot she asked for suggestions from all officers and took note of them she asked them to work neutrally and not bother about political affiliations of criminals officers were asked to work fearlessly she said peace and order must be maintained at any cost and they must work not with lathis and guns but with their heart and with the people chatterjee saidpeoples perception of the administration had to change and the state government should change its existing