Udupi district has stood first in the implementation of the Sakala scheme during July. The Sakala scheme is an important concept under which government services are provided to people in a time-bound manner. As many as 1,112 services of 101 government departments are available under this scheme. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Udupi district B. Sadashiva Prabhu urged all departments to maintain the tempo of implementation in the coming days. He said that the officials should properly guide people to submit their applications in the proper format so that they could be disposed of speedily. Officials should strive towards reducing the rate of rejection of applications intending to get government services and they should not reject applications without sufficient reasons. In July, different departments received 59,237 applications, while 52,511 applications were accepted. As many as 1,094 applications were rejected, he said.