Big-Ticket Projects Spur Makeover Of East Delhi

The makeover of east Delhi has not happened in a day. And it has not happened cheap.

According to conservative estimates, a slew of infrastructure projects of big and small scale all aimed at making commute easy for that part of the city have cost the state exchequer in the range of Rs 1,500-2,000 crore in the past four-five years. This is apart from the first Metro line that was opened in 2002 between Shahdara and Tis Hazari that made a world of difference to the till then ill-connected part of the city.

 

PWD has executed 10-odd major projects in the area, including Rajaram Kohli Marg flyover, UP Link Road, Apsara Border flyover, ITO Chungi, Ghazipur flyover and the Anand Vihar flyover. It naturally helped that for a long time the PWD minister of the city had been A K Walia, who has represented Lakshmi Nagar for as long as the Delhi Assembly has been in existence. Execution has always been efficient.

with thanks : Times of India : Link in headline above for detailed news.

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New water pipe lines in Priyadarshini Vihar

Dr A. K. Walia, Hon'ble Minister of Finance performed the ground breaking ceremony of the replacement of main water pipe lines in Priyadarshini Vihar, on Saturday, 23rd October 2010 . The existing water lines are 30 years old and have rusted and worn out at places resulting in dirty muddy  water in the colony houses.  

The  RWA had been pursuing for the replacement with the Delhi Jal Board for over two years. Dr Walia released some money from his Area Development Funds for this purpose.

 

Regards.

 

Ram Gupta

General Secretary

Priyadarshini Vihar RW

Thieves strike Games accessories

Dear friend,

 

It is bound to happen! Even during the Games, it is reported, a number of things vanished the moment the event was over and/or the competition is over at that particular venue.  This is our inherent/inborn character! It is difficult to check at every point and at every moment. I remember when the Asiad-82 was over even carpets and other furnitures provided in the Media lounge at various stadia and in the Asian Games Village at Siri Fort Auditorium vanished overnight and found place at the residences of high-ups and others! You may also be surprised to know that the Special Organizing Committee constituted for the purpose of holding the Asiad-82 was never wound up for over two decades after the Games were over and the then Secretary General was being paid and owning a car on SOC account for a pretty long period and even the assets were not taken over by the SAI. All HMT watches with Asiad logo were eaten away by the batteries which were never removed from the watches and had to be thrown away! Rest is a big story!

 

Hence it is rightly said: Govt. funds and natural resources placed at the disposal of officials who wield power are looted at will by anyone. When something impersonal as the government takes our money and allows itself to be robbed, it is too far removed for us to comprehend!

 

Hindustan may sab chalta hai! Thonu ki thaklif hai!

 

TK Balu

Secretary/RBECHS

Their Game Plan A Flop, Owners Look For Other Options

 

For property owners in the city, the Bed-and-Breakfast scheme was advertised as a great means to earn money during the Commonwealth Games. People with spare bedrooms readily took up the scheme and readied their homes to receive guests, but with only 75,000 visitors coming to the city during the Games and with many of them opting for hotels, most of the newly constructed 1,300 rooms went empty.

Consequently, owners are increasingly losing interest and some of them, who had obtained a three-year licence in 2008, are shutting down business to rent out their establishments as soon as the licence expires next year.

Surinder Singh, a housewife living in West Punjabi Bagh, told Newsline that she will turn her 2-bedroom Bed- and-Breakfast establishment into a paying guest accommodation for girls, once her licence expires next April. "I did not receive a single guest during the entire Games season despite spending lakhs on renovation," she said. Some property owners who had obtained the licence in 2008 let go of the properties even before the Games began as they were not making any money. Talking to Newsline, Rina Ray, Managing Director of the Delhi Tourist and Transportation Development Corporation, said not all establishments have made losses and many places received a good number of guests during the Games. "Real Bed-and- Breakfast establishments where guests live as family are successful. The ones which saw less guests are run like guesthouses," she said. 

with thanks : indianexpress : link in headline above for detailed news.

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Sleeping Security: Thieves Strike Games Accessories

City's civic agencies stretched themselves out to make it look beautiful for the Commonwealth Games. But maintaining the looks is turning into a nightmare for them.

Hundreds of potted plants that adorn the streets of Delhi are missing from places such as Yamuna Sports Complex, Games Village, Model Town and Sardar Patel Marg. In addition to this, reflectors, noise barriers, dustbin covers, wall wraps, fittings of streetlights, railings and even the tiles that were laid before the Games have started disappearing.

Noise barriers that were put up on the Rao Tula Ram Marg flyover and reflectors from Geeta Colony Bridge have also disappeared.

Not only this, illuminated Shera which were put up at a number of bus stands in the city have also been dismantled and the vinyl posters, tubelights have been stolen.

with thanks : Hindustan Times : link in headline above for detailed news.

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57 mn more men than women worldwide: Report

There are 57 million more men than women globally, the UN said in a report to mark the World Statistics Day.

The report titled The World's Women 2010: Trends and Statistics, was released by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Wednesday, Xinhua reported.

The UN General Assembly in June this year proclaimed October 20 as World Statistics Day to recognise the importance of statistics in shaping societies.

The report showed that women globally have 'benefited' from the gender statistics in the last decade.

It said Europe has more women than men. But in some of the most populous countries, there is a shortage of women, such as in China where the ratio is 108 men per 100 women.

with thanks : in.com : link in headline above for detailed news.

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RWA Executive Committee Group - Mayur Vihar

13, Pocket – A3, Mayur Vihar Phase – III, Delhi - 96

Dear Sir,

We inform to you The Term of Two Years of RWA Executive Committee was Completed in October 2010. Therefore RWA has declared Elections which was scheduled held on 2.10.2008. The following candidates have declare winner “Un-opposed” as no other nomination for the respective post were received.

2. During the previous term of RWA, we had received full cooperation from you. I assure you that our cooperate with you will continue in the same manner of last year. We welcome all your welfare activities in our Group and belief that under your vigorous leadership, our group become model area of East Delhi.

Shri D.S. Negi, President
Shri Gopi N., Vice President
Shri Deepak Chaudhary, General Secretary
Shri Vasudevan Nair, Secretary
Shri L. Radhakrishnan, Treasurer

Thanks

D S Negi

Biggest CWG fight : Sheila vs Kalmadi

NEW DELHI: The Games are over and the fighting has begun. A day after chief minister Sheila Dikshit said corruption in the Games preparations appeared to stem from the Organizing Committee, its chairperson Suresh Kalmadi hit out at her, saying she should look at her own departments. Blasting Dikshit's "attempt to take credit" for salvaging the Games Village, Kalmadi stated bluntly, "We don't want to be the scapegoats anymore."

He also pointed out that the panel headed by former CAG V K Shunglu would probe not just the work undertaken by "the OC at a budget of Rs 1,620 crore but also the Rs 16,000 crore spent by the Delhi  government". Squarely blaming the Delhi government for much of the flak the OC got, Kalmadi said: "The OC was constantly being criticized for delays and shoddy work when they were not at all involved in any construction activity... When the foot overbridge near the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium collapsed, it led to doubts about safety... We had to do a lot of hand-holding and cajoling to ensure that the full complement of 71 nations and territories took part in the Games."

Kalmadi's statement -- which he pointedly issued on Dussehra-- followed his exclusion from functions hosted by both the PM and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to felicitate CWG medal-winners. In it, he also mentioned that the Prime Minister's Office deputed a number of officers, including CEO Jarnail Singh, to work with the Organizing Committee. The import was clear: he's not going to silently accept all the blame for the messy preparations.

Many in the government and political circles are likely to agree with Kalmadi that the Group of Ministers, Cabinet Secretariat and the PMO should also be held accountable for the shoddy work that gave India many anxious moments.

With thanks : imes of India : link in headline above for detailed news.

 

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Victory of the Force of Good over Evil !

Let’s Celebrate An Auspicious Day To Begin New Things in Life.
HAPPY DUSSEHRA to all!

हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं...........

असत्य पर सत्य की विजय, अधर्म पर धर्म की जीत और बुराई पर अच्छाई की विजय के रूप में मनाए जाने वाले विजयादशमी के पावन पर्व पर आपको हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं...........

 

B S Vohra

East Delhi RWAs Joint Front

The Memorandum of Association as well the Rules & Regulations of the "East Delhi RWAs Joint Front" are ready now. Member are free to view it, at our office, anytime on sunday, with prior intimation. Plz feel free to call us on Tel number : 43584889. Those members who have not yet submitted its resolution, are requested to do so at the earliest.

Best Regards

B S Vohra
East Delhi RWAs Joint Front
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