On July 20, Right to Information (RTI) activist Amit Jethwa (33) was shot dead outside the Gujarat High Court in Ahmedabad. He had been an active crusader against illegal mining in the Gir forest. His family has alleged that BJP MP Dinu Solanki is behind the murder. Jethwa’s murder is just the latest in string of attacks on RTI activists. Eight activists have been killed this year alone. There have been 20 serious attacks across the country in the last seven months, said speakers at a protest rally in the Capital on Monday.
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RTI can be an effective tool to seek information,but vested interests block information at every stage,
ReplyDeleteAC Agarwal..a retired IAS officers is seeking information about encroachments in MADHUVAN new Delhi 110092.
Despite his second appeal,MCD OFFICERS. of SHAHDARA neither appear in hearing nor furnish information.
CIC has been reprimanding but it does not dent their zeal to suppress information.
KK Ghei. Vice president madhuvan new delhi110092
Our 15ft road blocked by a private school is a case in point.
MCD is not producing sanctioned lay out plan of madhuvan and the plan produced by us was sanctioned in 1978.
This shows 15 ft road interacting madhuvan,NIRMAN vihar and PREET VIHAR.
But now entry points are blocked because school has erected walls.
BAck doors of houses from 68 to 77 open in school. And electricity poles still are there which were for madhuvan electrification.
DESPITE REPEATED HEARINGS IN PUBLIC GRIEVANCECS COMMISSION IN THE CHAMBER OF CHAIRMAN our MCD is not furnishing inspection reports.
So, the most active amongst USA face threat of extinction and I know it at my personal cost.
Kk ghei.