MULTI - STORIED FLATS VS. INFRASTRUCTURE

There are 253 plots in our colony,  Priyadarshini Vihar (near Laxmi Nagar). The infrastructure - water lines, electricity cables, sewers, rain water drains and roads - was developed keeping in mind the requirements of the 253 families.  Of late, the properties are being purchased at exorbitant price by the builders, who convert these single family units into multi-storied flats and sell them.Construction of such flats is rapidly growing in our colony and I understand in many other colonies throughout Delhi.  It is resulting in frequent burning of electric cables due to over-loading; very little or no water at the end of the colony; choked sewers; no parking space, etc.

Yesterday (13 June), there was no light in B-Block of our colony for over 15 hours due to burning of a cable due to overloading. Everyone in the colony, including the ones who have purchased newly constructed flats, is suffering due to no power, no water, no parking space,over-crowded lanes, and choked sewers.

The Government seems to have closed its eyes and ears and have no time to look at the woes of the public.

The MCD should not approve the building plans of these flats, until such time that the infrastructure is augmented to meet the demands of fast increasing population of the colony.Moreover, the building bylaws are being openly flouted un-checked, in connivance with the officials of the MCD.

JAGO MCD JAGO....... JAGO DELHI GOVERNMENT JAGO

Ram Gupta
General Secretary
Priyadarshini Vihar RWA
Delhi 110 092

Gurgaon : Residents protest hike in charges

Residents of Sushant Lok staged a protest on Saturday against the hike in the maintenance charges — from Rs 1.00 per sq yard per month to Rs 2.50 per sq yard — by the maintenance agency.

The hike means that a plot/house owner, who had been paying Rs 3,156 as annual maintenance charges for his 263 sq yard plot, will now have to pay Rs 7,890 for one year.

Effective from April 1, the new charges have thus attracted the ire of the residents. The resident body, representing about 5,000 families, has also claimed that services such as security, sanitation and street lighting had been deliberately reduced by the maintenance company.

The maintenance agency, Pro Facilities Services, has denied of having compromised on quality of the maintenance services. In individual circulars sent to plot and house owners, the company cited steep increase in the input cost as a reason behind the raise in the maintenance charges. 

“The rates of maintenance and other charges as per the Supreme Court ruling of 2004 were Re 1.00 per sq. yd per month. As per the same ruling, these charges were to be revised in January 2005 in consultation with the RWA, who always refused to meet us.

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Re-Categorization just for Metro Station ?

All the reasionings falls flat to read such useless and un-thinknablen  far from the valuable positiove and pricital thinking. All such persons, who come out with such ideas may first be treated for "SICK MINDs"  as just siting in AC offices and collecting their shares in the evening shall never think from the point of view of PUBLIC, STATE OR NATION.

Our Govt. may please keep such matters under check by the honest and faithful higher offices, who have positive thinking for the Public and Nation, So that the Public should not become upset to read/ know such  sickness of suggestions to change the laws.

Jeet Kumar
Pocket-3,Mayur Vihar-1,
former Secretary RAW

PROPOSED RE-CATETGORIZATION OF RESIDENTIAL COLONIES

I would request all the citizens to join hands and stand for our rights and get the MCD to act on our amenities first.

Alka Gupta
Vivek Vihar

PROPOSED RE-CATETGORIZATION OF RESIDENTIAL COLONIES

Apropose of the suggestion of the Municipal Valuation Committee (Hindustan Times 12 June 2010), the residential colonies lying within half a kilometre of the Metro line would come under Category A, the highest slab for calculation of property tax.  In some cases, the property tax will go up 4-5 times.   It is very unfortunate that hardly 30-40 per cent of the registered properties in Delhi pay property tax.  Instead of bringing the non-paying properties in to the tax net, the MCD is penalising the honest citizens who are paying taxes regularly. 

 

Moreover,  why should the metro alone be a criteria for re-catetorization of colonies; bad roads, clogged drains, blocked sewers, erratic power supply, insufficient and dirty water supply, overlowing dhalos, and most importantly the day-by-day deteriorating law and order situation in colonies should also be considered.  MCD, please change your most corrupt system rather than penalising the public every time.

 

Ram Gupta

General Secretary

Priyadarshini Vihar RWA

Delhi - 110 092

Live near Metro line ? Prepare to pay more tax.

Delhi's Metro has raised the value of real estate all along its route. Now the gov- ernment wants a share of the pie. It has proposed higher taxes for properties close to Metro lines from next year.

 

The Municipal Valuation Committee (MVC) constituted by the Delhi government to review property tax in the city has decided to re-categorise residential colonies.

Currently, areas under the jurisdiction of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) are divided into categories A to H, with upmarket areas like New Friends Colony, Vasant Vihar, Shanti Niketan in catergory A.

Now the MVC wants resi- dential colonies falling within half-a-kilometre on either side of a Metro line to be upgraded to A category, since these areas have also seen the most infra- structure development.

Most of the colonies in the city will also be upgraded by at least one level.

This change will result in a huge jump in property tax paid by owners. For instance, for a 200 square yard (170 sq m) prop- erty in Lajpat Nagar, along which the Metro will run, the current property tax is Rs 2,100. After reclassification from C to A, the tax will go up to Rs 10,000 -- almost a five-time jump.

So far, there are 28 catego- ry A colonies in Delhi. The MVC wants to raise that number to 100. Many areas in East Delhi, South Delhi and West Delhi have become easily accessible because of the Metro, leading to overall development in infra- structure and other facilities too in these places. "This has to be reflected in property tax too," said a senior official. The MVC's final report is ready and will be handed over to the MCD to implement. The civic agency hopes to earn an additional Rs 400 crore per year thereby.

This will be the second time property tax will increase in Delhi. The last hike was in January this year. 

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QCI Says Delhi Hospitals Fail To Clear Health Test & Many Unfit To Provide Services

The Quality Council of India ( QCI) report on government hospitals in the Capital is out and the diagnosis is not good.

 

The council has failed all but one hospital it reviewed as they couldn't pass its accreditation test.

The ` failures' include reputed institutions such as Lok Nayak Hospital, Deen Dayal Upadhyay ( DDU) Hospital and Guru Teg Bahadur ( GTB) Hospital, which bear a huge patient load not only from the Capital and the NCR but also from across the country.

Seven government hospitals reviewed by the QCI were tagged as " unfit" as they didn't meet even the lowest quality standards needed to acquire the accreditation.

Only the Geeta Colony- based Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya could get the QCI certification.

The council said Delhi's government hospitals were struggling to meet even the lowest healthcare standards. The quality of treatment provided by these hospitals was low, most had illequipped operation theatres and hospital infections were rampant, the QCI observed.

For the past two years, no government hospital -- save for Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya -- has been able to earn a quality certificate from the National Accreditation Board for Hospital and Healthcare Providers ( NABH), which is a constituent board of the QCI. The Delhi government approached the QCI two years ago when a programme was started to provide accreditation to the hospitals and medical institutions to maintain healthcare standards. The project was initiated by the then principal secretary Vivek Rae.

" Hospitals have been unsuccessfully struggling to get a quality accreditation from us for the past two years. But it seems healthcare is not a priority for the government," QCI secretary general Dr Girdhar J. Gyani said.

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Pulse Prices Have Risen Unexpectedly In The Capital

With its price soaring by over 54 per cent in the last two months, moong dal has become the costliest pulse in the Capital. The retail price of moong dal has shot up to Rs 104 per kg and that of dhuli moong to Rs 98 per kg.

As prices of other pulses have risen only marginally, retailers blamed the high price of moong dal on online trading that has no regulatory body.

Anand, 50, a grocery shopkeeper in Khari Baoli said: "The prices have risen unexpectedly from Rs 68 to Rs 105 per kg over the last two months. Subsequently, our sale of moong dal has dipped tremendously. People are buying moong in lesser quantity, only half a kg now as compared to 2 to 3 kgs earlier."

Customers are equally disturbed, as moong dal is a popular and widely consumed pulse. As it is easy to digest, moong dal is recommended for children, sick and the elderly. "I came to Khari Baoli to buy moong because my children love the pulse. But since its price has skyrocketed, I prefer buying cheaper pulses like chana or rajma," said Parvati Devi, a resident of Karol Bagh. "The government is harassing poor people. They should ban the online trading system. People who cannot afford high priced pulses will have to buy mixed dal at Rs 30 per kg. It is of inferior quality but then we have no choice," said Sanjay Kumar, a resident of Mayur Vihar. Consumers also complained of hoarding by shopkeepers, leading to the increase in prices.

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Nine Delhi malls to sell liquor from next week

NEW DELHI: Liquor shops are all set to open sales in nine malls in the city. The Delhi government’s excise department has awarded licences to nine applicants and some of these are likely to begin operations from June 20.

The Delhi cabinet had approved the proposal allowing wine shops in malls with a specified set of norms. In continuance of that decision, the excise department had called for applications from interested parties.

According to officials, 14 applications were received. Of these, so far nine have been given licenses as they conformed to all the conditions. The remaining applications are still under scrutiny.

Earlier this year, Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) had opened the first authorized government-owned wine and liquor shop at DLF Mall in Vasant Kunj area. Now, private players too will enter the market.

The malls where these shops will come up are spread in different parts of the city. Some of the areas where the applicants are going to open shop in malls include Laxmi Nagar, Janakpuri, Rohini, Pitampura and Wazirpur among others. 

 

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No power tariff hike in Delhi till CWG

The Delhi government Thursday indicated there will be no hike in power tariff till the completion of the Commonwealth Games in October.

 

'There is no chance of power tariff hike till October. There are many intricacies involved in it and the government does not want to get into it right now,' a highly-placed government source told IANS.

The Commonwealth Games will be held in the national capital Oct 3-14.

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