Protest Against Public nuisance caused by public sector offices

Large generators say above 20KW OF VINTAGE CATEGORY ARE NOT ONLY ELECTRICITY GENRATORS but are POLLUTION GENERATOR and NOISE GENERATOR also. I know at my cost.

State Bank of India branch has been functioning in A-61 Madhuvan (near preet vihar) new delhi 110092. We are staying just near rear side of above house. The electric connection to above said bank had been provided about five years earlier, by stringing service cable from the pole in front of house number 67. Elecricity to all houses of Madhuvan located along Nagraj Muni Marg has been provided from front side from LT LINE meant for only these houses. In fact to house number 61 from where state bank is functioning had earlier been connected to above front side LT FEEDER.

But when bank branch was established the feeding point was changed causing very low voltage and voltage fluctuation to our houses. We had protested in writing and i as an honorary secretary of Delhi officers Co..op House Building Society Ltd had brought on record this illegality. My complaint was duly acknowledged and forwarded to chief engineer Karkar Dooma BSES YAMUNA power ltd...but it remains pending till today.

The generatior has been installed on rear side of above building . This is a generator which generates not only electricity but is generating gaseous fumes and Noise which is un bearable.
The requests to manager a couple of times did not bring any result.

Now i as VICE PRESIDENT OF MRWA have taken up this issue with honourable Lt. Governor DELHI. My humble request is that in case public sector units create such situations, never suffer in silence. Go on contesting and sharing with all of us..so that authorities wake up.

KK GHEI
VICE PRESIDENT MRWA
A-78 MADHUVAN NEW DELHI 110092

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Projects Stuck But MCD Funds Idling

Devlopment work in the Capital is crawling, thanks to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). But the civic authority can't blame the snail's pace progress on a dearth of funds.

It has come to light that the MCD has not fully utilised the funds sanctioned to it by MLAs and MPs for the development of their constituencies. In 2009-10, 62 MLAs and eight MPs gave about Rs 102 crore to the MCD.

But only about Rs 6 crore was spent till February 28 this year. This means that a huge sum of Rs 96 crore is lying unspent. In fact, there are 34 MLAs whose funds have not been touched at all! These include Surender Kumar from Bawana, who gave over Rs 2 crore; Bijender Singh from Nangloi Jat, who gave Rs 1.5 crore; Kanwar Karan Singh from Model Town, who gave about Rs 2 crore; Harsharan Singh Balli from Hari Nagar, who gave Rs 2.7 crore; and Bharat Singh from Najafgarh, who gave Rs 2.8 crore.

These funds were released by the MLAs for civic work in their constituencies such as revamping of roads and parks and construction of community halls.

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Dal At Subsidised Outlet Costs More, YEllow Peas Dal NAFED Selling at Rs 3 More Than Market Rate

It was started as a market intervention strategy to check price rise but retail outlets of the National Agric- ultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) seem to be doing just the opposite.

Its outlets are selling yellow peas dal at Rs 26 per kg where- as the market rate for the same is between Rs 22-23 per kg.

In November last year, the Delhi government had laun- ched a scheme of providing pulses cheaper than the mar- ket rates and had actively adve- rtised the sale of this dal thro- ugh retail outlets of NAFED, Kendriya Bhandar and Mother Dairy.

Naresh Gupta, the president of the Delhi Grain Merchant Association, said, "The current wholesale price for the yellow peas dal is Rs 1,700 per quintal or in other words Rs 17 per kg. Even after adding packaging and transportation cost, the retail rate does not go so high."

HT spoke with many retail grocers across Delhi and most of them said the dal was not much in demand and hence they did not stock it.

One of them said, "This dal is not very popular. The sale has started to pick up slowly now." He said the dal is actu- ally peas, so one won't be eat- ing it daily.

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Road Tax Up, Pay More For Your New Car

Come April and you will have to pay more `road tax' -- or registration fee -- on the new cars and two wheelers that you buy.

The Delhi government has decided to increase road tax on new vehicles in the upcoming state budget, due on Monday.

It proposes to raise road tax on cars priced at less than Rs 4 lakh from the existing two per cent (of ex-showroom price) to four per cent.

The government has pro- posed different tax slabs rang- ing from five per cent to nine per cent on cars priced at more than Rs 4 lakh.

That means a Honda Civic 1.8V AT (ex-showroom cost Rs 13. 71 lakh) at six per cent road tax will now be dearer by Rs.27,420. A Maruti Alto Lxi (ex-showroom Rs.2.63 lakh) at four per cent will be dearer by Rs 5,267.

Road tax in Delhi is, at pres- ent, among the lowest in the country.

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Discoms Cry Pauper, Ahead of Games, Pvt Firms Claim They Lack Money To Buy Power

Delhi's private power distributors have said they do not have enough money to buy power for the ensuing summer months, thanks to an unprece- dented cash crunch.

In letters written to Delhi Electricity Regulatory Comm- ission (DERC), the chief execu- tive officers of discoms North Delhi Power Limited (NDPL), BSES Rajdhani and BSES Yamuna have sounded an "SOS" claiming last year's torrid sum- mer and the subsequent power crisis increased their power pur- chase cost by at least 30 per cent and messed up their numbers for good.

Painting the picture of an impending doom in a year that hosts the Commonwealth Games, the CEOs have said a combined revenue shortfall of over Rs 1,000 crore this finan- cial year has left them broke.

This comes a day after the Delhi government tabled in the Assembly balance sheets of the three discoms showing healthy profits.

"As per our earlier projec- tions, we were supposed to have a surplus of over Rs 200 crore by the end of this financial year. But the turn of events were such that now we actually have a shortfall of over Rs 500 crore," said an NDPL spokesman.

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Ban On New Projects In Highly Polluted Industrial Areas In Delhi, Some Put On Hold In UP

Delhi government has put new projects and those on expansion on hold till August in highly polluted industrial areas after an environmental assessment of such clusters by the Central Pollution Control Board and IIT found immense air, water and land pollution.

"The environment ministry in January had asked us to impose a moratorium in the Nazafgarh drain basin, identifying it as a critically polluted area based on Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI)," a senior Delhi government official said today.

The moratorium is also imposed on industrial clusters in Anand Parvat, Naraina, Okhala and Wazirpur which lie on the Nazafgarh drain basin and have exhausted their environmental capacity over the years.

The environment assessment of the industrial clusters by the CPCB and IIT, Delhi had found that of the 88 most-polluting industrial clusters, 43 had reached an upper limit in terms of air, water and land pollution.

Till the moratorium is in place, the environment ministry assisted by CPCB and local bodies will frame a guideline to improve the conditions in the clusters.

Similarly, construction and expansion in at least 22 industrial clusters in Ghaziabad and six in Noida in Uttar Pradesh has also been put on hold as they have been identified as critically polluted clusters, a senior environment official added.

Noida Phase I, II, III in Noida and Mohan Nagar, Rajinder Nagar, Kavi Nagar, Loni, Roop Nagar and Bulandshahar Road industrial areas are some of the clusters where further expansion has been banned.

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DHABAS AND CITY LIFE

HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF ROADSIDE EATERIES :
Road side dhabas have their origin in hoary past. Be it wild west of America or passes in hills or the river mouths near sea or even the sea beaches, the scene is not complete without hawkers, roadside eateries..which evolved into present days semi pucca or fully constructed places. Even in Delhi, when moghul empire sun was setting, the cooks came out of LAL QILA and spread their specialities for the common man.

The partition of India saw very large population explosion in Delhi. Road side eateries came up in almost every part of Delhi. Today, these places have spread their wings. Road sides, foot paths have been grabbed and traffic movements are obstructed. Developmental Works are at stand still unless these wonders of the past are removed. But then there are mobile eating places or the dhabas functioning in parking lots. Most of these are visited and cater to the poorest of poor and exist throughout length and breadth of this country. To demolish them all or to allow to function them cannot be decided as per laws of the land or city. We have to decide for each location.

So, be merry and enjoy your egg praathas or kebabs with drink or without drink till these dhabas are alive.

KK Ghei
A-78 Madhuvan
New Delhi 110092

Yamuna action plan - 11

ACORD Asian Centre for Organisation Research & Development (ACORD), arranged a meeting at India International house, Lodhi Road, New Delhi at 5 pm today. The purpose of the meet was to generate an awareness about cleaning the river Yamuna. Every one knows the pollutant level of Yamuna in Delhi, which gets almost 18 sledge filled nullahs in it at various places in Delhi.

ACORD provides consultancy services, conducts organisational studies, designs and conducts training programmes and works as a resource organisation; designing and scripting audio-visual aids such as films, tele-spots, radio programmes and folk media etc. ACORD’s Mission Statement is “to achieve and sustain world-class standards in facilitating organisational effectiveness and human resource development. Be a world class organisation in terms of quality, time, cost and client satisfaction.

The meeting was attended by various RWA's of Delhi East. In the Quiz competition, Mr. Lalit Mohan Sharma from Vishwas Nagar & Mr. Rohit from Gandhi nagar, received the prizes. Engineers from Delhi jal board explained in detail about the future plans for cleaning Yamuna river in Delhi.

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Learner’s licence test on computer

Delhiites may finally get some respite from touts and corrupt Regional Transport Office (RTO) officials to get a driving licence issued. Starting Monday, the process of issuing learner's licences, the first step for a licence to drive, was made fully computerized, minimizing human interface in the testing. The change has been initiated at the Vasant Vihar RTO and will be extended to 12 other RTOs in a month's time.

Now, about 1,400 people who go to different RTOs in the city to get licences issued will have to undergo a computerized test. Unlike the existing process where tests are taken on paper by officials, who reportedly pass candidates even without sitting for it by accepting bribes there have also been complaints of deserving candidates getting the red mark because they have refused to pay bribe -- the new process has little human interface. Once a person has taken the test and passed it, s/he will be granted a licence.

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