Sunday, June 10, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012
Meet & discuss civic issues with Mayor MCD East !
Dear Sh. Vohra Ji,
Thanks for your mail calling for the points for discussion with
Hon'ble Mayor. The same are enclosed with this mail.
Please intimate us the venue of the meeting.
Thanks and regards
Ashok
Bhatnagar
Thursday, June 7, 2012
RWAs : discuss your civic issues with Mayor Dr Annapurna Mishra
Dr. Annapurna Mishra will be with us on 17 th of June at 5 pm to discuss the civic issues of the area. We invite the members of our "EAST DELHI RWAs JOINT FRONT", as well other like minded RWAs, to join us on this occassion to raise the issues with the Mayor. Plz feel free to mail us a detailed letter about the civic problems being faced by you so that we could add you to the list of speakers on that day. Plz mail us at rwabhagidari@yahoo.in
Looking forward for your mails.
With best regards
B S Vohra
President
East Delhi RWAs Joint Front
( A Federation of RWAs )
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Back again
I was out of touch for the last few days.
Back again.
rgds
B S Vohra
East Delhi RWAs Joint Front
Saturday, May 26, 2012
His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Milan
Ms.Tara Gandhi in Milan
Friday, May 25, 2012
The District level Bhagidari meeting
The District level Bhagidari meeting in District east under the chairmanship of DC ( East), will be held on 29th of May, 2012 at 3 pm in the Bhagidari hall of Dist East Office complex, L M Bandh, Shastri nagar, Delhi - 110031. Please attend.
CM bats for privatisation of water services
Moving towards partial privatisation, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Wednesday concluded a two-day Jal Bhagidari workshop held to create awareness about the revamping of the water supply, transmission and distribution network under the Nangloi Water Treatment Plant.
The water utility has also come out with a booklet to sensitise all stakeholders on the functioning of the public-private partnership model, which will be implemented in four project areas on a pilot basis. The areas include Malviya Nagar, Vasant Vihar and Nangloi underground reservoirs and water treatment plant, and Mehrauli.
Making a case of her government hoping to provide better utility services at no extra cost, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who addressed the concluding session of the workshop, said: “DJB has taken steps to provide 24x7 water supply in the project areas. Public-private participation in the project is not total privatisation as the DJB will continue to be the owner of all assets and the responsibility for providing water services will remain with DJB. The payment to the private operator will be independent of consumer tariff. Tariffs in the pilot project will continue to be same as that in the rest of Delhi.”
with thanks : Indian Express : LINK for detailed news
Power demand in Delhi reaches 4823 MW,outages in several areas
NEW DELHI: The blazing heat today pushed the power demand in the city to season's highest of 4,823 mega watt, resulting in massive load-shedding at several areas due to demand-supply gap and local faults in the transmission network.
"The maximum power demand was recorded at 4,823 MW against yesterday's 4,688 MW," a power department official said.
The previous highest power demand was recorded on May 22 when it had touched 4,717 MW. The power demand in the city had reached an all-time high of 5,028 MW last summer and it is projected to reach 5,500 MW this year.
With mercury soaring 43.1 degree Celsius, the highest of the season, the outages ranging from one to four hours made life miserable for people across the city. Areas in East and West Delhi were most affected by the outages.
with thanks : economic Times : LINK for detailed news.
Delhi: Year’s hottest day at 43°C, worse to come
NEW DELHI: The heat is on, and it's only going to get worse. Delhi sweltered under a maximum temperature of 43.1 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the highest for the season. Oppressively hot winds forced people indoors, leaving shopping centres wearing a deserted look. Not surprisingly, power demand shot up, peaking at 4,823 MW, the highest so far this year.
Worse, the Met office has forecast a further rise over the next few days. "On Friday, the maximum temperature is likely to be 45 degrees Celsius," said a senior Met official. The hot spell is expected to continue till next Tuesday.
with thanks : TOI : LINK for detailed news.
AMENDMENTS TO MCD GUIDELINES FOR INSTALLATION OF GATES FOR SECURITY PURPOSE IN COLONIES
Dear Sir,
The Priyadarshini Vihar RWA and several other RWAs have raised the issue of 'Empowerment of RWAs' several times in the past. Nothing has happened so far. A related issue is the faulty guidelines of the MCD for installation of gates for security purpose in the colonies. These guidelines were laid down by the MCD in June 2007 (on the direction of the Hon'ble Delhi High Court), without consulting the RWAs or the housing societies which are directly affected by these guidelines, and should have been consulted in the first place.
As victims of these faulty guidelines, we suggest following amendments and request the Joint Front to take up the matter with the Commissioner, EDMC on behalf of its members RWAs, who, I am sure will agree with us:
1. Clause 3.d) - There is a total ban on erecting gates on back lanes which do not open towards roads outside the colony. Most of the crimes including thefts and burglaries are perpetrated through these lanes only. Hence, security gates would be allowed on back lanes also.
2. Clause 3.m) - RWAs have been given the responsibility of appointing watch and ward staff at their own cost. In practice, such arrangements are made by residents of the individual lanes by collecting funds. RWAs have not been vested with any authority to force the residents to make contribution for watch and ward arrangements. There are several families in our colony who do not pay. So, this authority needs to be coupled with authority. Timings of closing ad opening of gates should also be flexible in accordance with seasons and other factors.
3. Clause 3. p), q) and r) - Onerous mandatory responsibilities have been put on RWAs which need to be reconsidered. They should dovetail with ground realities.
Above suggestions are only illustrative and not exhaustive. As a matter of fact, it requires a lot of brain storming by RWAs and functionaries of EDMC to arrive at practicable guidelines meet both the security concerns of colonies and administrative concerns of EDMC.
Other RWAs are welcome to make suggestions / comments.
Sincerely,
Ram Gupta
General Secretary
Priyadarshini Vihar RWA
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