Dear Vohra ji,
Mr Balu's suggestion is excellent. To start with, an off the head wish list for our colony, Priyadarshini Vihar is:
1. Stray/street dogs problem is very serious; every day they bite some one or the other. Guests are scared of coming to the colony. Our suggestion is that the RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT/NOT FEED THEM. If the dogs don't find anything to eat, they will slowly
move away.
2. Storm water drains are always full and stinking, and breed mosquitoes. Despite repeated requests to the area Councillor and the sanitation staff, with one excuse or the other, the drains are full and stinking as it is.
3. Parking problem, partially due to excess number of cars per family. If a family has more than two cars, they should be heavily taxed. Generally, people who have built 4-storied buildings with stilt parking, still park their cars outside due to more number of cars.
4. Mass building activity by builders in almost every colony should be restricted. They open flout building bye laws, e.g. in many cases, parking space is being used for other commercial purposes - no check from EDMC. RWA should have some legal authority to restrict such activities.
5. Our more than 10 years old RWA does not have a functional office space. We operate from the residence of the President or the General Secretary and keep changing with the new incumbents. A proper office space should be provided to RWAs to enable them to operate with more freedom and convenience.
6. MCD guidelines for installation of security gates, hold the RWA office bearers responsible for keeping guards to man the gates at their own cost, and also hold them responsible for any mishap due to malfunctioning of gates, etc. Only source of income for RWAs is subscription by residents; many of whom do not pay. RWA should be empowered to force the residents/members to pay regularly.
That's all for the time being.
R. N. Gupta
General Secretary
Priyadarshini Vihar RWA
