The District collector is also called a District Magistrate. The activities done by the District Collector are as follows.
1. He controls and coordinates the work of all departments.
2. He conducts the meetings with the heads of all departments and asks the head of each department about the progress of the work they have been allotted.
3. He attends to the problems of the people who approached him from different mandals and helped them to solve their problems.
4. He would instruct the heads of different departments to attend to the problems of the people. In case of emergency, he will act briskly, personally monitors the situation and announce the compensation to the affected people.
5. He would safeguard the public places. It is his responsibility to evict the persons who encroached the public places, sidewalks and roads so that there is a free flow of traffic and free movement of the public on the roads.
