Sealing, demolition back from June 1

From June 1, traders in Delhi will face a tough time with the return of sealing and demolition. The Supreme Court appointed monitoring committee on sealing of unauthorised commercial establishments has directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to start sealing local shopping centres for non-payment of conversion charges.

Most such shopping centres are located in areas such as South Extension Part I and II, Defence Colony, Greater Kailash I and II, Lajpat Nagar, Rohini, Saket. The committee has also asked the MCD to demolish all illegal construction carried out by the owners at these shopping centres. According to the civic body, many shopkeepers have constructed additional floors illegally. These will be demolished.

The sealing and demolition drive is expected to begin from South and Central zone of the MCD. In each area, more than 100 such shops will be affected. In South Delhi alone, nearly 700 shops will be targeted..................................................

Areas to be affected: Local shopping centres across the city will be affected including South Extension-I and II, Defence Colony, Lajpat Nagar, GK-I and II, Green Park, Rohini, Shahdara south and north among others.

DETAILED NEWS CAN BE VIEWED FROM THE LINK IN HEADLINE ABOVE.

With thanks : source : Hindustan Times

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No relief from water crisis

with thanks : Hindustan Times - HT Live dated 28.5.2010

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Launching soon : Online Directory of RWA's of Delhi

We are launching soon an online Directory of RWA's of Delhi. We are launching it starting with the East Delhi District & soon all the other districts of Delhi will be incorporated.

It will include details of all the registered RWA's with Tel numbers & Mail ID's of  the office bearers. It will also include contact details of all the concerned Government bodies of the area such as  mcd,  bses,  horticulture, police, traffic police, mtnl etc. alongwith members of  Delhi Assembly, Corporation, MP's  etc. 


A hardcopy of the directory is also under consideration but we are willing for a GREEN DIRECTORY to avoid cutting of trees for this directory & therefore preferring only the ONLINE EDITION.

Please let us have your comments, views & suggestions in this regard.  As the East Dist. part of the directory is nearing completion, please mail us details of your RWA alongwith names & contact details of  the office bearers at the earliest. All the other RWA's of Delhi can also mail us as above for incorporation.

Thanks  & Regards


B S Vohra
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rwabhagidari@yahoo.in

Requests made to Delhi Traffic Police via Facebook

As the Delhi traffic police came on Facebook, we have added certain requests to DTP as below :

On 20th May, 2010  :  Rwa Bhagidari DELHI TRAFFIC POLICE : Plz solve the traffic jam problem on F block, Mandir marg, Krishna nagar, Delhi - 51. Vid of Traffic jam can be viewed on www.RWABhagidari.blogspot.com/

On 26th May, 2010 :  Rwa Bhagidari    Delhi Traffic Police: Please depute a permanent traffic police officer to control the traffic on the very busy crossing at Road number 57 intersection at F block, Krishna nagar, Mandir marg, Delhi - 51. Plz check the traffic lights also which are mostly switched off, even in the absence of Traffic police.

On 26th May, 2010 again  : Rwa Bhagidari  : Last year in summer holidays, i went to GHPS Hargobind enclave to deposit fees of my kids. It's a very very wide road & always dozens of car's are parked outside the school. But on that fateful day no car was parked outside the school except mine & that too just for few minutes. My car was at the extreme end of the very very wide road, which is always empty. But to my surprise, on that day my car was towed away and i had to spend 300 for Challan plus 100 for searching the location to collect it. Please note, there is not even any board saying NO PARKING ZONE.

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Park And Pay Only Rs 10

Do not pay more than Rs 10 for parking your car up to 10 hours at any MCD park- ing lot and Rs 20 up to 24 hours.

In DDA-controlled lots, the charge for upto 12 hours is Rs 10 and Rs 15 for 24 hours.

Anything charged beyond that is illegal. The civic bodies submitted the statements of existing parking fees in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday after a lawyer, Sugriva Dubey, complained he was charged Rs 700 for parking his car for seven hours at the New Delhi railway station.

DETAILED NEWS CAN BE VIEWED AT LINK IN HEADLINE ABOVE.


With thanks : source : Hindustan Times


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RWABhagidari blog on Facebook now

RWABhagidari blog is now live on Facebook also. You can log on to Rwa Bhagidari on Facebook to join as a friend as well to share the messages with each other.

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Awkward Social Situation For Traffic Police

Delhi Traffic Police perhaps did not anticipate the questions that would come their way when communicating with the public through the Internet.

A few weeks ago the department had logged on to social networking site Facebook and microblogging engine Twitter to provide necessary information about its new plans and initiatives and also make users aware about the city's traffic condition.

Facebook has also offered a platform for citizens of Delhi to put their suggestions, reactions and views.

The initial few days were smooth for the police to handle. But of late certain questions have put the cops in an embarrassing situation.

For instance, Alok Kathuria, who identified himself as a Delhi resident, today asked through Facebook: "Will the GK1-Sant Nagar red light ever be fixed? It's been more than three months, the traffic does not stop because drivers coming from Nehru Place never get to know when it becomes red."

DETAILED NEWS CAN BE VIEWED FROM THE LINK IN HEADLINE ABOVE.

With thanks : source : Hindustan Times

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Krishan nagar Resident Welfare Association Directory

Krishan nagar Resident Welfare Association has published a directory, which contains, details of all the 137 members as well important telephone nos of different govt departments, related to the area. It was launched on 23rd may at Raghunath mandir , krishan nagar by MLA Dr Harshwardhan , MCD councillor Dr Monga & Shri Rajesh Gaud. Function was Attended by more than 45 organisatins repersentatives followed by tea party. Precided by RWA President Shri Bhagwan dass, all the members appreciated effort done by Mr Sandeep Kapoor in this regard. 

Mr. B S Vohra from RWABhagidari blog also marked his attendance though busy for a Live Telecast on Delhi Aaj Tak on the civic problems being faced by the residents of the area.

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Power rates shall go down if CM allows AND DERC has courage

Bloggers may recall the struggle in which couple of us participated to reveal truth about cost and performance of BSES and Tata distribution companies in Delhi. There were written and oral submissions and our dear Sharama ji did wonderful job besides others. We feel satisfied that DERC LISTENED BUT our political bosses spannered the tariff reduction proposal of DERC. We need to know what is happening.

I take this opportunity to say that DESU had spent a good deal of money to buy equipment which helps work on LIVE LINES AND no shutting down of line or transformer is needed. It is really regretful to see that a complete transformer is shut down plunging almost complete colony into darkness even when a work is to be carried out on a line feeding a small segment of colony.

Further, regarding customer education or interaction with residence NO MINUTES ARE ISSUED. I draw attention to MEETINGS HELD IN KARKARDOOMA AND NIRMAN VIHAR. No minutes of meeting have been received (and not even issued). The representative of residents associations and societies had made several suggestions but we do not know what happened. BSES MUST HAVE at least a monthly meeting to know how consumers are reacting to their unsheduled and announced shedding or planned shedding.

Merely publishing in some obscure news paper does not satisfy us. Why TV CHANNELS OR NATIONAL NEWS PAPERS COULD BE MEDIUMS TO INFORM PUBLIC.

Delhi police biggest human rights violator, says NHRC

The Delhi police is the biggest culprit among all government organisations in the Capital facing allegations of human rights (HR) violations. Its record might have seen some improvement in more serious categories of HR violations like custodial death, fake encounters and false implications, but the common man continues to be at the receiving end of its high-handedness and insensitive attitude, a figure compiled by the National Human Rights Commission says. 

The statistics of all Delhi-specific complaints the NHRC received in the past three years shows that the numbers stood at 6210, 5433 and 5228 in years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10, respectively, marking a constant decline. However, what did not decline is the Delhi police’s share in the complaints the NHRC got from the public and authorities too in certain cases. 

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With thanks : source : Tribune

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Road tax up, vehicles to be costlier

Your dream vehicle is set to get costlier, as the Delhi cabinet today gave its nod to a hike in road tax. 

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said two-wheelers costing up to Rs 25,000 would continue to be charged at the rate of 2 per cent as earlier. 

However, two-wheelers costing between Rs 25,000 and Rs 40,000 will be charged at the rate of 4 per cent instead of the earlier 2 per cent. Two-wheelers costing more than Rs 40,000 will now invite tax at the rate of 6 per cent.

In the cars section, cars costing up to Rs 6 lakh will be charged at 4 per cent instead of the earlier 2 per cent, while those costing from Rs 6 lakh to Rs 10 lakh will invite road tax of 7 per cent. Cars costing more than Rs 10 lakh would be charged 10 per cent.  

All cars costing over Rs 6 lakh till now invited 4 per cent road tax. 

When asked what led to this sudden hike, the Chief Minister said this would go a long way in restricting purchase of luxury cars and discourage use of private vehicles. 

The new rate will come into force after the issue of a notification, she said. 

The Capital has no scope of expansion and has limited road length. With the registration of around 1,000 new vehicles every day, the city is increasingly witnessing long traffic jams. There are around 60 lakh vehicles in Delhi, the Chief Minister said.  

DETAILED NEWS CAN BE VIEWED AT LINK IN HEADLINE ABOVE.

With thanks : Source : Tribune

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