Dear Mr. Vohra ji,
I wholeheartedly and unequivocally support your initiative. We must drive home our attempt and create a record of sorts in this respect. Our people's representatives in the Assembly and MCD are taking us for a ride and granted that whatever they do with our money could please us and get votes. We openly say that our local Councillor has done nothing practically for the welfare of the large number of residents in Anand Vihar but only pleased only his henchmen and yesmen who worship him! His basic ward is ANAND VIHAR NO.225. Let's know what he has done for the large number of residents in public? Anand Vihar roads and inner lanes are crying for help, they have cracked in many places, pot holes are everywhere, mobility of vehicles and even pedestrians is becoming difficult, the local Police is silent spectator for all the miseries in our colony, our numerous communications to the authorities concerned remain unanswered, appointments are not given to meet them and explain the factual position for remedial action. In these circumstances, we don't know what to do and how to go about?! We are anguish and our hearts are burning! Can you help through your forum?
Remaining yours always,
TK Balu
Secretary/RBECHS/Anand Vihar
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Vote Delhi Vote !
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
HOLI GREETINGS TO YOU
RANGON KI WARSHA, GULAL KI PHUHAR,
SURAJ KI KIRAN, KHUSHIYON KI BAUCHAR,
CHANDAN KI KHUSHBOO, APNO KA PYAR,
MUBARAK HO SABKO, HOLI KA TYOHAAR,
HAVE A GREAT CELEBRATION ON
Festival of Colors
HAPPY HOLI
Regards,
From:- Major M C SOOD (Veteran)
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Vote Delhi Vote !
Vote Delhi Vote - a compaign to be launched by the "EAST DELHI RWAs JOINT FRONT", in East Delhi to spread awareness on the RIGHT TO VOTE. The trends show that the voting percentage is generally 40 - 55% in various parts of East Delhi. This time we alongwith our RWA friends are launching a movement to increase the vote percentage. Those willing to join us are requested to revert back.
With best regards
B S Vohra
East Delhi RWAs Joint Front
Monday, March 5, 2012
Quake shakes New Delhi, other parts of north India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A moderate earthquake felt across north India rocked buildings and sent office workers running into the streets in New Delhi at lunchtime on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicenter was about 30 miles (48 km) west of New Delhi. The 5.2 magnitude tremor had a depth of 11.9 miles, the USGS said.
Such quakes rarely cause major damage.
Buildings swayed for about 30 seconds in New Delhi's central business district and many workers abandoned lunch and made for the stairs.
"A colleague and I were talking when we felt the earthquake. We ran down the stairs from our sixth-floor office," said Sonu Soni, 40, an employee with Cisco Systems Inc.
The director of India's Department of Seismology, R.S. Dattatreya, said the quake measured 4.9 on the Richter scale and hit at 13:11 local time (0741 GMT).
with thanks : Yahoo News : link for details.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Councillors oppose people’s role
Dear Mr. Vohra ji,
Of course, Councillors will definitely oppose people/RWAs role. Similarly, the RWAs also oppose in equal measure, if not more, which is fully justified, as the works carried out by the former are not repeat not for the benefit of the residents but to please a few individuals who are very close to them and thereby waste theirs(ours) precious constituents money.
For instance in Anand Vihar we could certainly confirm and show that the ruling Councillor over this area has done practically nothing which will benefit a large number of residents but a handful of few and thereby wasting their precious money on things which will not repeat not benefit anyone from the welfare view point!
In Anand Vihar 'roads' - main and artery(inner) roads are crying for recarpetting as they are all worn out but the precious money is being spent on paving a few selected sections of sides of the roads thereby preventing 'seepage' of water to 'mother earth' which also forms an integral part of 'rain harvesting' and in renovating 'walking paths' in a few selected parks, which were not warranted at all!
It is a pity that they don't consult the RWAs at all on what works are required to be carried out on priority, which will immensely benefit the residents and repeated pleas of the RWAs, given in writing and spoken orally, are never complied with or listened to! We wonder to whom we could approach for remedial action!!!
With regards,
TK Balu
Secretary/RBECHS/Anand Vihar
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MCD funds for RWAs
In order to streamline the residents' ward committee (RWC) scheme of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Mayor Rajni Abbi said on Thursday that the outgoing MCD has approved an allocation of Rs.12,000 per year in its budget for every residents' welfare association (RWA) registered with RWC scheme.
The RWC scheme was introduced last year by the MCD in association with advocacy group People's Action and United Residents' Joint Action (URJA) Delhi, in order to provide residents a platform to have a say in how their neighbourhoods will be developed.
The Mayor said 2,000 RWAs signed up for the scheme and almost 80 have been made operational. “After the MCD trifurcation the RWC scheme will be independent of administrative changes at the civic body level and will remain a consultative committee between the area councillor and the RWAs of the ward as its mandate,” she said. The only “technical change”, according to Ms. Abbi, would be that RWC meeting records will be filed with the Mayor's offices of the respective areas.
with thanks : The Hindu : Link for detailed news.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Councillors oppose people’s role
NEW DELHI: Like Delhi government's ambitious Bhagidari scheme, the concept of Resident Ward Committees (RWCs) was introduced to encourage public participation in civic governance last year. But of 272 wards, RWCs have been formed in just 80 wards. And only about 50 are active. Though the proposal to form RWCs was unanimously passed last year, it has not gone down well with several BJP and Congress councillors.
Five months into the formation of RWCs, RWAs claim they are facing stiff opposition from councillors. Despite this, the BJP has allocated Rs 34 crore -Rs 12 lakh per ward- for development work involving public participation. A sum of Rs 2.4 crore has been allocated to each RWA registered under the RWC scheme.
BJP councillor from Rajinder Nagar, Mool Chand Chawla, claims that RWC is a "rubbish concept". He says he doesn't require suggestions from RWAs for the development of the ward. "I'm in touch with RWAs and I routinely take rounds of my area, then what is the need for RWCs?'' questioned Chawla. In his area, 13 RWAs - which have come together to form an RWC - had submitted details of their meeting to Chawla. "He refused to accept our suggestion. Politicians have to understand that the public can play a major role in better governance,'' said Dinesh Malik, convenor, Rajinder Nagar RWC.
Several councillors are not ready to involve RWAs in the decision-making process. "Why should we consult RWAs before spending the funds? They are welcome to share their problems with us, but the decision to spend funds lies with us," said Congress councillor from Shahpur Jat, Jaishree Panwar.
with thanks : TOI : LINK for detailed news.
RWAs raise your local issues
We hereby invite all the RWAs to mail us any of your CIVIC & SOCIAL issues, related to your area, for uploading on the blog, for highlighting the issue. You must mail the related pics or vids supporting the cause. We are sure, you can highlight the issue with a possibility to resolve at the earliest.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
MCD Elections declared
MCD Elections have been declared by Mr Rakesh Mehta, Chief Election Commissioner, Delhi State. These will be held on 15th April.
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