Conference - World Anti Child Labour Day : CRY

CRY - Child Rights & you, organised a conference on 12th June at India Habitat Centre in connection with the World Anti Child Labour Day. The purpose was to generate awareness amongst people, on the issue of Child Labour. It highlighted the following issues :

Awareness levels, perception and attitude towards the issue of child labour
Knowledge on laws, schemes and policies related to child labour.

CRY, along with its volunteers, launched the Anti Child Labour Compaign, in the presence of :

Ms. Soha Moitra, Director CRY
Dr. Shanti Sinha, Chairperson, NCPCR
Mr B S Vohra, President, East Delhi RWAs Joint Front
Mr P R Meena, IPS, Delhi Police
Ms. Bharti Sharma, Ex CWC Chairperson
Mr Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times 

The conference was followed by Questions from the audience and later on, a beautiful Play was performed by the students of various professional courses.

Janta Ki Report : Delhi AajTak

Meet & discuss civic issues with Mayor MCD East !

Dear Sh. Vohra Ji,  

Thanks for your mail calling for the points for discussion with
Hon'ble Mayor.  The same are enclosed with this mail. 
Please intimate us the venue of the meeting.  

Thanks and regards

Ashok Bhatnagar

RWAs : discuss your civic issues with Mayor Dr Annapurna Mishra

Dr. Annapurna Mishra will be with us on 17 th of June at 5 pm to discuss the civic issues of the area.  We invite the members of our "EAST DELHI RWAs JOINT FRONT", as well other like minded RWAs, to join us on this occassion to raise the issues with the Mayor. Plz feel free to mail us a detailed letter about the civic problems being faced by you so that we could add you to the list of speakers on that day. Plz mail us at rwabhagidari@yahoo.in

Looking forward for your mails.

With best regards

B S Vohra

President

East Delhi RWAs Joint Front

( A Federation of RWAs )

www.RWABhagidari.blogspot.in

www.RWABhagidari.com

Back again

I was out of touch for the last few days. 

Back again.

rgds

B S Vohra

East Delhi RWAs Joint Front

www.RWABhagidari.blogspot.in

www.RWABhagidari.com

His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Milan

Honourable Mr.S K Verma, Consulate General of India,Milan & Gunjan Verma with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Milan

Ms.Tara Gandhi in Milan

Honourable Mr.S K Verma, Consulate General of India, Milan with Guido Podestà , President of Milan Province welcoming Ms Tara Gandhi, Grand-daughter of Mahatma Gandhi. She interacted with students of the Milan Province and sensitized them on Gandhian way of life.

The District level Bhagidari meeting

The District level Bhagidari meeting  in District east under the chairmanship of DC ( East), will be held on 29th of May, 2012 at 3 pm in the Bhagidari hall of Dist East Office complex, L M Bandh, Shastri nagar, Delhi - 110031. Please attend.

CM bats for privatisation of water services

Moving towards partial privatisation, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Wednesday concluded a two-day Jal Bhagidari workshop held to create awareness about the revamping of the water supply, transmission and distribution network under the Nangloi Water Treatment Plant.

The water utility has also come out with a booklet to sensitise all stakeholders on the functioning of the public-private partnership model, which will be implemented in four project areas on a pilot basis. The areas include Malviya Nagar, Vasant Vihar and Nangloi underground reservoirs and water treatment plant, and Mehrauli.

Making a case of her government hoping to provide better utility services at no extra cost, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who addressed the concluding session of the workshop, said: “DJB has taken steps to provide 24x7 water supply in the project areas. Public-private participation in the project is not total privatisation as the DJB will continue to be the owner of all assets and the responsibility for providing water services will remain with DJB. The payment to the private operator will be independent of consumer tariff. Tariffs in the pilot project will continue to be same as that in the rest of Delhi.”

with thanks : Indian Express : LINK for detailed news

Power demand in Delhi reaches 4823 MW,outages in several areas

NEW DELHI: The blazing heat today pushed the power demand in the city to season's highest of 4,823 mega watt, resulting in massive load-shedding at several areas due to demand-supply gap and local faults in the transmission network. 

"The maximum power demand was recorded at 4,823 MW against yesterday's 4,688 MW," a power department official said. 

The previous highest power demand was recorded on May 22 when it had touched 4,717 MW. The power demand in the city had reached an all-time high of 5,028 MW last summer and it is projected to reach 5,500 MW this year. 

With mercury soaring 43.1 degree Celsius, the highest of the season, the outages ranging from one to four hours made life miserable for people across the city. Areas in East and West Delhi were most affected by the outages.  

with thanks : economic Times : LINK for detailed news.

Delhi: Year’s hottest day at 43°C, worse to come

NEW DELHI: The heat is on, and it's only going to get worse. Delhi sweltered under a maximum temperature of 43.1 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the highest for the season. Oppressively hot winds forced people indoors, leaving shopping centres wearing a deserted look. Not surprisingly, power demand shot up, peaking at 4,823 MW, the highest so far this year. 

Worse, the Met office has forecast a further rise over the next few days. "On Friday, the maximum temperature is likely to be 45 degrees Celsius," said a senior Met official. The hot spell is expected to continue till next Tuesday. 

with thanks : TOI : LINK for detailed news.