Delhi Jal Board puts on hold annual water tariff hike

New Delhi : Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has decided not to go ahead with the annual 10 per cent hike in water tariff for 2013. The tariff hike was to come into effect from January 1.

The move follows a directive from Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who is also chairperson of DJB, to its CEO not to go ahead with the hike as customers across the city were facing problems in billing despite a new revenue management system being introduced.

According to an official statement from DJB, Dikshit has directed the DJB to make its "revenue management system smooth and settle issues related to billing". Dikshit has also stressed upon the need of immediate resolution of pending customer grievances.

"While we wait for the system to stabilize, it has been decided to buffer consumers from the annual hike," CEO Debashree Mukherjee said.

The DJB has waived off penalty on domestic water bills up to December 31. It has also allowed consumerss to make payment of dues in two easy instalments. 

with thanks : waterview  : LINK

Happy New Year

Happy New Year 2013 !

I, Jeet Kumar, as an individual shall be with you for all such matters, ever.

Warm Regards

JEET KUMAR

Happy New Year

Dear Vohra ji,   On  behalf of the Priyadarshini Viahr RWA, I reciprocate your Greetings to all the EDJF members and their families.   May the New Year 2013 bring all the happiness, health, peace, safety and prosperity in their lives!   Ram Gupta General Secretary Priyadarshini Vihar RWA

Happy New Year 2013

Salute to Damini :

Salute to Damini who gave her life [ or rather the brutality of sick male mentality took her life] that is definitely not going to get waste.The best tribute we can give to Damini is that today we all pledge that we'll make men to understand the respect, a woman needs just for being a 'WOMAN' & try our best to make them respect women in all possible roles, in all possible manners. Perhaps we'll be able to make our contribution towards a more stable & honourable society free of all the existing binaries & then we'll be victorious....

कैंडल जलाकर लोगों ने दी श्रद्धांजलि

जागरण संवाददाता, पूर्वी दिल्ली : सामूहिक दुष्कर्म की शिकार युवती की मौत के बाद शनिवार शाम जगह-जगह श्रद्धांजलि सभा आयोजित की गई, वहीं कैंडल मार्च भी निकाला गया। लोगों ने जहां मोमबत्ती जलाकर युवती की आत्मा की शांति के लिए प्रार्थना की, वहीं शांतिपूर्वक कैंडल मार्च भी निकाला गया।......

वहीं ईस्ट दिल्ली आरडब्ल्यूए ज्वाइंट फ्रंट, कृष्णानगर रेजीडेंट वेलफेयर एसोसिएशन व लाल क्वार्टर मार्केट एसोसिएशन ने आत्मा की शांति के लिए कैंडल मार्च निकाला। काफी तादाद में बच्चे, महिलाएं व बुजुर्ग शामिल हुए। कैंडल मार्च कृष्णानगर व लाल क्वार्टर समेत आसपास के कई क्षेत्रों में निकाला गया ।

with thanks : Dainik Jagran : LINK

Candle march : condolences

For better justice ?

Oil Ministry mulls hike in prices of diesel, kerosene

 

Diesel prices may be hiked by Rs 10 per litre over a 10-month period and kerosene rates increased by same quantum over the next two years if a proposal being mulled in the Oil Ministry is accepted.

The price hike is being considered as the government scrambles to find ways to meet an unprecedented Rs 160,000 crore deficit expected this fiscal on selling diesel, cooking gas (LPG) and kerosene below their production cost.

Price of diesel, which currently costs Rs 47.15 per litre in Delhi, was last revised on September 14 when it was hiked by a steep Rs 5.63 per litre. Kerosene rates have not changed since June last year and it currently costs Rs 14.79 per litre in Delhi.

“We are left with no choices... there is a need to raise prices. The government is contemplating raising diesel prices by Re one per litre each month for next 10 months to bring retail rates at par with their cost,” an Oil Ministry source said here.

State-owned oil companies currently sell diesel at a loss of Rs 9.28 per litre and the hikes over the next 10 months will eliminate all of the losses and absolve the government from providing any subsidy on the nation’s most consumed fuel.

with thanks : The Hindu : LINK : for detailed news.

Special comments of a new MP ?

May we ask the Growth rate of India ?

Growth Rate of various states given by PM.