Recent approaches to sustainability focus on energy

Indian urban population is about 28% and slated to reach 40% by 2030. But cities take up only 3% of the country's total area. Any approach to sustainability will need to create more urban space. "India needs to double the area of urban space from 3% to 6%," says V Suresh, former chairman of HUDCO and principal executive officer of construction company Hirco. India could be on target here with a large number of new - and relatively more sustainable - developments planned.

with thanks : economic times : LINK for detailed news.

Ex-Armymen hired to read water meters

Acting on customer complaints of manipulation by meter readers, the Delhi Jal Board has hired about 300 ex-servicemen on contract basis to facilitate the job.

“We have a lot of vacancies. The decision to hire ex-servicemen on a contract basis would help us in filling those vacancies on a contract basis,” said Prashant Goyal, Member (Finance), DJB.

According to sources, the Delhi Subordinate Service Selection Board has not carried out any new recruitment in the past few years, something that has left the Delhi Jal Board incapable of filling its vacant positions.

Goyal said the water utility has already issued letters of appointment to at least 300 candidates, of which at least 50 have already reported for work.

with thanks : Indian Express : link for detailed news.

BSES discoms question DERC findings on audit discrepencies

New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) Reliance Infrastructure-backed discom BYPL and BRPL have contested findings of Delhi's power regulator DERC which had detected certain "discrepancies" in their audit and observed that the financial position of the companies was not as bad as has been made out to be. In an affidavit filed before the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC), the discoms questioning the findings of the regulator, termed them as "baseless, frivolous and surprising", sources said. The discoms -- BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd and BSES Yamuna Power Ltd -- said they followed the methodology suggested by DERC in an order in 2003 to analyse their financial status. The discoms in the affidavit said a clarification to the January 25 order of the regulator indicating that the companies may have exaggerated their fund crisis had already been filed with the regulator. The DERC last month had asked the discoms to submit a detailed account of their monthly revenue generation and expenditure since April 2011 so as to keep a tab on their accounts. After scrutiny of the audit reports, DERC last week had found "prima-facie unexplained discrepancies" in the power purchase cost by both BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd and BSES Yamuna Power Ltd.

with thanks : IBNLive : LINK for detailed news.

सरकारी स्कूलों में आधे बच्चे 'बीमार'

नई दिल्ली।। राजधानी के सरकारी स्कूलों के 50 प्रतिशत से अधिक बच्चे 'बीमार' पाए गए हैं। उन्हें किसी न किसी प्रकार की छोटी-मोटी बीमारी है। यह जांच एक सरकारी योजनना के तहत की गई। सरकार का मानना है कि अगर शुुरुआती दौर में ही स्कूली बच्चों में बीमारी पकड़ में आ जाती है तो उनका इलाज कर उन्हें स्वस्थ किया जा सकता है। 

दिल्ली सरकार ने राजधानी के सभी स्कूली बच्चों के स्वास्थ्य को ध्यान में रखते हुए हाल ही में चाचा नेहरू स्वास्थ्य योजना शुरू की है। इसका मकसद शुरुआती दौर में ही बच्चों में बीमारी का पता लगाकर उसका समुचित इलाज करना है। इस प्रोजेक्ट से प्राइवेट अस्पतालों को भी जोड़ा गया है और इनका बाकायदा डेटा बनाया जा रहा है। स्वास्थ्य मंत्री डॉ. ए. के. वालिया के अनुसार दो माह के भीतर सरकारी स्कूलांे के करीब 26,411 स्टूडेंट्स का हेल्थ चेक-अप किया गया है। 

with thanks : NBT : LINK for detailed news.

Crisis not cooked up, say discoms

NEW DELHI: Reliance-backed discoms BSES Rajdhani and BSES Yamuna have stuck to their stand that their liquidity crisis was not exaggerated. They have submitted a clarification to Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission(DERC) on their accounts. 

"We have already made detailed submission to DERC regarding the financial package being worked out by the IDBI led consortium of banks. Both the promoters have already pledged fresh equity infusion in BSES discoms of which Reliance Infrastructure has already invested Rs 520 crore (51% share). Delhi government is expected to infuse its share of equity soon. This is to ensure that consumers continue to get regular power supply," said a spokesperson. 

with thanks : Times of India : LINK for detailed news.

STRANGER THAN FICTION : MOONLIGHT IS PROVIDING ELECTRICITY CONNECTIONS

In laxmi nagar district centre, HT CONNECTION was provided to laxmi deep, vikasdeep and other buildings .

After completion of these buildings in all respect, buyers were handed over the possession of individual flats. Moon light company was created by ANSALS to render services to flat owners and moonlight started acting as distribution company and started collecting electricity charges.

MOONLIGHT IS NOT A LICENCEE AND HENCE CANNOT PROVIDE PERMANENT electricity connections. We are being denied permanent connections by BSES YAMUNA POWER LTD.

KINDLY HELP ABOUT 100 flat owners in this vikas deep building.
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Do you think BSES has any right to add Fuel surcharge in the next bills ?

DERC has raised the objections on the Audited statements of BSES. Earlier Mr Vijay Goel lodged the strongest protest from Talkatora stadium in the presence of over 2000 RWAs. Various opposition party's too have raised doubts over it. 

Hundreds of RWAs including our "EAST DELHI RWAs JOINT FRONT", raised doubts on the working of BSES in various Public hearings with DERC. Once again, we have mailed our objections on the Audited statement of BSES to DERC with a copy to CM on 27th January with a request to opt the CAG Audit and to Roll Back the prices.

Inspite of all this, there is again a news in the media, that, in the next Bills, BSES will add the Fuel Surcharge and the consumers will have to pay more.

Do you think BSES has any right to add Fuel surcharge in the next bills ?

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फ्यूल सरचार्ज का लगेगा जोर का झटका

नई दिल्ली।। दिल्ली वालों को मार्च में बिजली के बिल काझटका लगेगा। इस बिल में फ्यूल सरचार्ज जुड़कर आएगाऔर सभी को 9 से लेकर 12 पर्सेंट तक ज्यादा बिल चुकानाहोगा। बिजली कंपनियों ने दिल्ली इलैक्ट्रिसिटी रेगुलेटरीकमिशन ( डीईआरसी ) को फ्यूल सरचार्ज का हिसाब देदिया है। इसकी जांच की जा रही है। कंपनियों ने कंस्यूमर से9 से 12 पर्सेंट ज्यादा कीमत वसूलने की मांग की है ,क्योंकि कंपनियों ने भी बिजली उत्पादक कंपनियों को इतनाफ्यूल सरचार्ज दिया है। 

फ्यूल सरचार्ज के साथ बिल देना होगा 
यह फ्यूल सरचार्ज अक्टूबर , नवंबर और दिसंबर में बिजलीकंपनियों ने पावर जेनरेशन कंपनियों को अदा किया है। यहपहली बार होगा जब दिल्ली वाले फ्यूल सरचार्ज बिजलीबिल के साथ अदा करेंगे। जब से दिल्ली में बिजली देने कीजिम्मेदारी प्राइवेट कंपनियों को दी गई है तब से ही बिजली कंपनियां फ्यूल सरचार्ज की मांग कर रही थी।महाराष्ट्र सहित 17 राज्यों में इस तरह का सिस्टम है। दिल्ली में 1997 से पहले यही सिस्टम था। लेकिन यहउपभोक्ताओं के लिए परेशानी का सबब बन गया था , जिस वजह से इसे हटा लिया गया। बिजली कंपनियों नेफ्यूल सरचार्ज के लिए डीईआरसी से अपील की जिसे पिछले साल डीईआरसी ने मान लिया। 

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MCD Polls !

with thanks : Hindustan Times

Ae... Vatan...

Our Republic Day Celebration , Flag Hoisting by MLA Mr. Sunil Vaid, Councilor Dr. H.S.Kashyap, President of RWA Pocket-3, Mayur Vihar-1 Delhi, Jeet Kumar.

Honoring Our Sr. Citizens with Shawals, Prize Distribution to app. 40 Participants in various Sports Competitions held on 2nd Oct 2011 Gandhi Jayenti; by our Councilor Dr. H.S Kashyap.

JEET KUMAR

PRESIDENT RWA,

Mayur Vihar-1.Delhi-110091.

Sex Ratio of India 2012

Sex Ratio of India 2012
State / Union Territory (U.T.)	Sex Ratio
Kerala	1,084
Puducherry	1,038
Tamil Nadu	995
Andhra Pradesh	992
Chhattisgarh	991
Manipur	987
Meghalaya	986
Odisha	978
Mizoram	975
Himachal Pradesh	974
Goa	968
Karnataka	968
Uttarakhand	963
Tripura	961
Assam	954
Jharkhand	947
West Bengal	947
Lakshadweep	946
Maharashtra	946
Nagaland	931
Madhya Pradesh	930
Rajasthan	926
Arunachal Pradesh	920
Gujarat	918
Bihar	916
Uttar Pradesh	908
Punjab	893
Sikkim	889
Jammu and Kashmir	883
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	878
Haryana	877
Delhi	866
Chandigarh	818
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	775
Daman and Diu	618
India	940