MCD Gardners policy

Shivalik Aptts is a DDA self financing society located in Alaknada , Kalkaji in South Delhi. Society was not satisfied with performance of 2 gardeners provided by MCD to maintain 5 parks who were more of occasional visitors rather than gardeners. Recently the up keep of these 5 parks was transferred to its the society. MCD Councellor handed over maintenance of 5 parks measuring 1.5 acres in a formal function. Society was paid Rs. 27000 by cheque at the rate of Rs. 6000 per acre per month. Cheque handed over covered the expenses of maintenance for 3 months initially. Both the gardeners have been withdrawn.

This raises serious questions about the money that MCD is paying rather than wasting on gardeners. For 1 year, 2 gardeners get salary with allowance of about Rs. 3.6 lacs as it is learnt -- needs confirmation- that on an average a gardener costs tax payer Rs. 15000 pm. Against assumed expenses Rs. 3.6 lacs per annum for 2 gardeners MCD expects same work to be done with annum payment of just Rs. 108,000 to the society. This is just 30 % of what MCD spends on the gardeners. Of course cost of plants, fertilizers etc remain a common factor in both cases as MCD will be supplying these.

With this change over will MCD retire / terminate 2 redundant gardeners or these will be retained as extra buden to Delhi tax payers?

Is there a norm as to how much garden area a gardener can tend to. By paying just 30% MCD expects same work to be done by just one part time gardener. Does MCD has nearly 3 times the gardeners that it actually needs if this example was considered a norm .

Gurcharan Singh

36 Shivaik Aptts

Kalkaji

MCD To Upload Park Schedule On Website

Thanks to an application under the Right to Information (RTI) by a Residents' Welfare Association in south Delhi, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to put up on its website broad work schedule regarding horticulture works for its parks across the city.

Frustrated with the contin- ued poor or nil maintenance of two parks in their colony, res- idents of Panchsheel Enclave filed an RTI with the MCD.

Senior Advocate Rajiv Dutta, also the vice president of the Panchsheel Enclave Residents Welfare Association Block A & A1, said, "We asked them various questions relat- ed to the upkeep of the parks."

These included sanctioned strength and actual number of employees at the park, their duty charts, record of main- tenance activity and pre- scribed schedule of the super- visory officer to inspect the parks.

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Remove concrete near trees in 3 months: HC

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted three months’ time to all the civic agencies of the Capital to complete the process of removing concrete from the area around the trees in the city. Disposing of a PIL that pointed out that trees on pavements in the city were falling because their roots had become weak due to concretisation of pavements, the court asked the agencies to act within the time allotted to them.

According to the status report submitted by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Wednesday, of the total 9,395 trees to be de-concretised, work on 5,223 trees has been completed.

On the other hand, the New Delhi Municipal Council counsel told the court that they had already completed 80 per cent of the work.

The Delhi Development Authority, however, was pulled up by the court for not filing its status report and the court gave the agency a last opportunity to do so.

with thanks : source : http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Remove-concrete-near-trees-in-3-months--HC/586569

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Rs.28,000 security deposit to cut one tree in Delhi

IANS

The Delhi government Wednesday decided to drastically enhance the security deposit for cutting down a tree while carrying out developmental work -- up from the present Rs.1,000 to Rs.28,000.

'The Cabinet has decided to raise the security amount from the existing rate of Rs.1,000 to Rs.28,000 for each tree to be removed under the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994,' Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said.

She said that this amount will have a refundable and non-refundable component of Rs.14,000 each for ensuring compensatory plantation in the city.

Thousands of trees have been felled during the last few years while carrying out several developmental works ranging from road expansion to laying of the Metro network.

Diskhit said her government is committed to preserving and conserving the green cover in Delhi 'which has been increased from 26 sq.km. to above 300 sq.km over the years. It is keen to ensure cent percent required compensatory plantation in lieu of felling of trees'.

The move has been taken with the twin objectives of ensuring effective implementation of the provisions of the Act and compensation on account of loss of greenery.

Presently the permission for removal of a tree under the Act needs a security deposit of Rs.1,000 for ensuring compensatory plantation of 10 saplings on the identified land at the applicant's cost which is refunded on verification of the compensatory plantation.

It has now been decided that compensatory plantation will be split up into two components -- one to be carried out by the forest department on government land and second to be raised by the applicant on identified land, the site from where trees are to be removed. Further it has been decided to fix plantation cost at Rs.2,540 per sapling.

Dikshit hoped that this will go a long way in enhancing the green cover in the capital.

With thanks : source : http://sify.com/news/Rs-28-000-security-deposit-to-cut-one-tree-in-Delhi-news-National-kcyuEddejgi.html

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