HIGH POWER TARIFF BY BSES

On behalf of over 500 families of Priyadarshini Vihar and our neighbouring colonies,Gyan Kunj and East End Enclave (in East Delhi), I wish to register our anguish and frustration due to evident discrimination by the Government in supply of electric power to the people living in NDMC areas with others living outside the NDMC areas. We submit the following for your thoughtful

consideration before distribution companies hike the tariff further as proposed:

1. The power tariff in NDMC areas is much less as compared with our areas;

2. Govt continues to provide fat subsidies in the NDMC area, where most of the VIPs live; whereas

govt has withdrawn the subsidy in our area. It is pertinent to mention that people living in NDMC areas do not pay higher rate of taxes than us, then why this discrimination?

3. Mechanical meters have not been changed in the NDMC area, whereas fast running electronic

meters have been thrusted upon the consumers in other areas. Why?

4. Already, we are paying 250 to 300% more since the change of electronic meters and withdrawal of subsidy; if the tariff is increased further (as proposed), it would be suicidal for us.

5. In stead of increasing the tariff further, BESS should check the pilferage. We understand that most of their own sub-stations do not have meters. They themselves are the culprits. In view of the foregoing, the DERC is requested to first try to eliminate the basic difference between NDMC and other areas. While, we do agree and appreciate that the rate of power failure has improved a lot since the privatization, any further increase in tariff will be unbearable!!

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely yours,

R. N. Gupta

General Secretary

Priyadarshini Vihar Residents' Welfare Association

B-170 Priyadarshini Vihar

Delhi - 110 092.

Every ward will have Senior Citizen Centre-MCD

New Delhi, Elderly persons in the national capital may soon get senior citizens centres near their homes to assemble and interact with each other.

The MCD today said it plans to set up one such centre in every municipal ward.

Presenting the budget estimates for 2010-11 at a meeting of the MCD House, Standing Committee Chairman R K Singhal said an allocation of Rs 10 lakh has been made for each ward for such units which will also have televisions and newspapers.

"This will give the senior citizens a place to assemble and interact with each other. This will be made on the lines of 'panchayat ghar' in villages," Singhal said.

The Standing Committee Chairman said the MCD also wants to open working women's hostels in various parts of the city and asked the Delhi government to allot land for the same. - (Agencies)

OUR BLOG AND MCD ACTION TO REMOVE ENCROACHMENTS IN MADHUVAN

On 11th feb there was joint inspection by MCD SE-I,SE II and staff along with Sh.AC agarwal and my self..
A road blocked for more than ten year along NH PARK Madhuvan has been opened up. While MCD has admitted 27 encroachments in Madhuvan, action by MCD DESERVES A PAT.
Illegal taxi stand opposite to Nirula restaurant A Block preet Vihar was removed..but again You find taxi stand persons plying their trade despite round the clock police chowkee just less than ten pards away

BSES NEED TO BE PROACTIVE

Kindly look at the functioning of BSES Yamuna Power Ltd regarding Power Supply and its maintenance in Vishwas Nagar Block-10. There was a BIG POWER CUT started from 7:00pm on 8th Feb to 10:00am on 9th Feb (Next Day) of about 15 hours in the area.
There was another power cut from 2pm to 7:30pm on 11th Feb. Complaint made to BSES with complaint no.10021101334 and no. 1364.

Now today i.e. on 12th Feb there is a Power Cut starts from 10am to 9pm for 11 hours (only power restored twice for very little time from 3:15 to 4:15pm and 6 to 6:45pm). Complaint made to BYPL customer care with complaint no.386. Neither action nor any status is available with BSES Customer Care, hours after making the complaint.

The officers of BYPL like DGM(O&M), Asst VP(O&M), VP(O&M) and also BYPL CEO office with CM control room are apprised about the problem /situation but of no help.This is the pattern of maintenance and system up gradation /modernization by BSES and for these types of services, BSES is asking for Tariff Revision?

Lalit Mohan Sharma (General Secretary),
Vishwas Nagar RWA

MOBILE TOWER APPROVAL GUIDELINES TO BE PUT ON WEB SITE OF MCD

I had an opportunity to present my submission on hearing of second appeal today in CIC office.
All the superintending engineers concerned with this issue in MCD were prest.
Besides other directions, land mark direction was that MCD shall put up guide lines on MCD WEBSITE beefore but not later than 5TH MARCH 2010.
The data of zone wise number of towers and ACTION TAKEN AGAINST CONCERNED OFFICERS will also be available.
A copy of detailed order is available with me.

kk ghei

Milk prices up in Delhi, Petrol & Diesel to follow

Prices of Milk are up in Delhi. The full creamed by Rs. 2 & the tonned by Rs. 1 per lt. Now seems to be the turn of Petrol & Diesel, which is likely to go up very soon. Water tariff was raised on the very first day of the new year. What next in the liquid products ?

RWABhagidari blog

RWABhagidari blog - in the right direction

The purpose of launching of this blog is to make it a common platform for the INTERACTION of RWA's of Delhi East Dist., where, they could share the problems being faced by them, as well, could also contribute their suggestions, ideas, opinions & a lot more.

The result in a month is :

Some of the best persons from various RWA's are visible on this blog. Many more are in the process of joining soon. The blog is getting hit's from almost every part of the world. You can check the red points on the recent visitors map on the blog. Many of the issues raised by this blog have been published in various news papers which include :

Hindustan Times, Amar Ujala, Rashtriy Sahara, Dainik Jagran City Plus as well Delhi AajTak TV Channel. It has been mentioned by our contributors in their posts that due to the blog effect, many works have been done by various agencies.

What more we can expect in just a month ?

What we need now is to raise the awareness amongst various RWA's as well general public, so that they come forward to upload their issues & comments on this blog. It will take some time, but we are sure that we are moving in the right direction.

with thanks & best regards

B S Vohra
RWABhagidari@yahoo.in
www.RWABhagidari.blogspot.com

Who is to blame for mobile towers goof up?

The authorities are leaving no stone unturned to make the lives of people miserable. The latest is the mobile phone towers. I ask and kindly raise my voice to get answers to the following questions:
1) What are the norms accepted by authorities to grant permission to put up wireless towers in residential areas?
2) Who overviews illegal constructions, including mobile phone service providers towers?
3) Is there any mechanism to check and stop constructions?
4) Name of officers and their designation, complete addresses, phone numbers, etc.

Suggestions
1. Arrest officers who overlooked this matter initially.
2. Impose punitive fines on service providers, property owners and agencies who erected these towers.
The role of press is to expose such scandals and monitor till guilty are punished.
3. Kindly help in seeking above information from authorities under the Right to Information Act.

KK Ghai, A-78, Madhuvan, Delhi

with thanks : source : http://www.jagrancityplus.com/storydetail.aspx?cityid=1&articleid=20897&catgid=23

School encroaches on public lane; authorities mute spectator

Schools are considered a place where children learn good values and to be responsible citizens. But if schools break the law then one can imagine how adversely it'll affect innocent minds of children. A clear example of this can be seen at Madhuvan near Preet Vihar where Universal Public School has allegedly encroached on a 15-foot-wide public lane.

"In 1964-65, the Delhi Officers Co-operative House Building Society Limited was established by DDA. The entire colony was developed according to the plan. This land was then leased to the society in 1978. In the society's map, the entire layout of the colony is clearly mentioned. A few years back, Universal Public School put some wooden fences on the lane that was earlier used by the people as a shortcut to reach the main road," said KK Ghai, secretary Delhi Officers Cooperative House Building Society Limited.

Ghai said initially the residents thought that it was a step to stop trespassing into the school and that the school will soon make its own boundary wall and open the lane later. "But gradually the school raised the height of the fences and now they have constructed a cemented wall and joined it with walls of the houses next to the school. Although we have complained to the authorities, no action has been taken to date," he said.

For the detailed news, please click the headline above. With thanks : source : http://www.jagrancityplus.com/storydetail.aspx?articleid=20894&editionid=125&catgid=6&cityid=6

Submitted by Mr. K K Ghei

Decongesting Delhi : `Charge Congestion Fee From Private Cars'

Private vehicle owners in Delhi may have to pay "congestion fee" if the government adheres to the Delhi High Court suggestion.

On Wednesday, the High Court asked the Delhi government to consider steps to restrict use of private vehicles to curb road congestion.

What has been proposed is a "stiff congestion fee" on the lines of London where it is levied on private cars entering certain parts of the city.

for detailed news, please click the headline above. With thanks : Hindustan times

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Objections to DERC reg. Tariff hike

The Secretary
DERC, Viniyamak Bhawan,
C-Block, Shivalik, Malviya Nagar,
New Delhi-110017


Subject: Public Response to ARR-Tariff for FY 2010-11


Ref: Public Notice in HT dated 17.1.2010

Dear Sir,

Following observations which are common to all Licensees be considered before taking up ARR’s for Financial year 2010-11


1. Physical Verification

i) ARR of Discoms should not be considered till the process of physical verification of capital expenditure is scrutinized.

ii) M/s ASCI Hydrabad ,assigned the work for physical verification be directed to involve local RWA’s, NGO’s and individuals to assess ground realties.

2. Format

Format for presentation of ARR data is not same, therefore comparison and making observation for an ordinary consumer is difficult. Hence more details in term of fixed charges and category wise recovery in a standard format be made available for reasonable feedback.

3. Tarrif Revision

Discoms had proposed tariff increase from 50% to 70% whereas no increase had been proposed by NDMC. Discoms in private sector had already implemented four increases taking it almost to twice the tariff prevailing in July 2002. At the same time there is no increase in NDMC area since 2002. So why the consumers with DISCOM should suffer when tariff, quality of supply and grievance redressal is much better in NDMC.

4. AT & C Loss

AT & C loss calculations are not correct, when major consumption in DISCOM offices as well as sub-stations is not recorded. This stand confirmed in the petition with CIC, RTI by Sh. H L Kalsi. However, metering shall be done now, in all DISCOM offices as well as Sub-Stations and these figures be accounted for since July 2002. It will have repercussion on previous increase in tariff, and suo-moto refund.

5. Fixed Charges

i) Levy of fixed charges differ in DISCOMS & NDMC. The date of implementation is also different [ DISCOM effective in 2004 whereas NDMC- effective in 2008]. The rate of fixed charges is Rs. 2/-per KW in NDMC against Rs. 12/- per kw in DISCOMs. This discrepancy be rectified before approval of ARR for 2010-11.

ii) Fixed charges are not part of regular tariff, therefore it’s account in respect of receipt and expenditure be projected separately and not as part of total revenue.

iii) Services being rendered against fixed charges are not elaborated as on date. How long cosumer is expected to pay fixed charges be projected , as the same are not part of consumption tariff.

6. Subsidy

Cross-subsidy in tariff was basically introduced to support agriculture. Therefore commercial and industrial sector pays higher tariff whereas domestic sector contribute at par. As regards agriculture area in Delhi, it had reduced to 1 5 whereas commercial & industrial revenue increased to more than 40 %. This amounts to undue benefit to licensee, hence bifurcation of revenue in different categories be made public in the ARR.

7. Meter-Replacement

Replacement of electro-mechanical meters to electronic meters is yet to be implemented in domestic sector of NDMC. On the contrary DISCOMs carried out replacement twice i.e from electro-mechanical meters to electronic meters and subsequently electronic meters to digital meters. It appears that technology improvement is not required by VIP area under NDMC, else DISCOM motive is different, be made clear.

8. Transparency

i) There is no transparency in DISCOMs under private sector particularly in tendering and salary structure. Norms and delegations of ECGRF are not available on website. Hence accountability in power sector is low in spite of DERC performance standards tilted in favour of Licensees.

ii) Consumers are bound to bear discretionary pay package to employees. After seven years of operations pay-scale / perks are yet to be standardized especially when Govt. holds sharing of 49 % salaries without norms should not be considered in ARR.

9. Merger of categories
Merger of different categories in tariff and reduction of slabs are not acceptable while looking at ARR’s. NDMC slabs and tariff be implemented in DISCOMs.

10. Time of day metering should not be implemented, till previous issues related to metering and billing are streamlined.

11. Enhancement of load on consumption
and subsequent 30% surcharge on fixed charges as proposed by DISCOM should be rejected. This is nothing except additional harassment to consumers like false cases of theft.



Under the circumstances DERC should not consider ARR’s for 2010-11 till basic issues as mentioned above are not resolved in the interest of lakhs of consumers.


Yours sincerely

Lalit Mohan Sharma
General Secretary
Vishwas Nagar RWA
New Delhi-110092

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