Traffic Jam at Captain Gaur Marg

Sir ,

      

Since the closure of one road on Kalindi kunj bridge on river yamuna,there is massive traffic jam on captain gaur marg almost through out the day.It takes 45 minnutes to drive just half kilometers on this road.

The bottle neck is at Maharani bagh on ring road which gets traffic from all sides & just  momentary stopping of vehicles,or even slowing of vehicles causes massive stagnation of traffic.It is requested that the bus stop of maharani bagh is shifted to just ahead after the bifurcation  of this road  in to two ,one going to noida toll bridge & other to Nizamuddin.

Sir, this single measure may save many lakhs man hours / day & save fuel ,pollution etc

      

KINDLY do some thing urgently.

      

Thanking you

 

Dr VK Aggarwal

A-7 East of kailash new delhi 110065

8800164455 

5-storey building tilts in East Delhi : Times of India

NEW DELHI: In one month, seven complaints of buildings tilting dangerously have been received in east Delhi, reviving fears of a Lalita Park-like disaster. On Tuesday, a recently constructed house on a 40-square yard plot in Rani Garden - an unauthorized colony opposite Lalita Park - tilted by almost 2.5 inches. The five-storey structure didn't have a sanctioned building plan.

The owner of the property, Anant Jain, told TOI: "Small cracks keep developing in the buildings and we will use cement to fill them. When two buildings are constructed close to each other, it usually happens. There is nothing to worry about." Asked about the building plan, he said, "It's no secret that buildings are constructed in this area without the sanctioning of building plans. Nobody ever gets it done."

SDM of the area, Sandeep Gulati, and his team inspected the property. "We inspected the site on Wednesday and have written a letter to East Corporation to take action," said Gulati. But the municipal corporation puts the onus of keeping a check on unauthorized construction on the SDM. "These colonies come under the SDM, and they can take action individually as well. But so many times, the SDM doesn't forward us the complaints, which leads to such mishaps," said a senior corporation official.

Last month, three buildings collapsed in the area but the civic agencies are unable to check the rampant illegal construction in colonies lining the Yamuna bank. In 2010, Lalita Park made headlines due to a building collapse that claimed 70 lives. As per National Crime Records Bureau's last released figures for unnatural accidents, out of 53 cities, Delhi has experienced maximum damage by collapse of structures. In 2011, 68 cases of structure collapse were reported in which 60 people died and 75 were injured. This raises the question whether Delhi is ready for vertical growth. "The buildings are so high that they don't allow sunlight to touch the ground. The area is deprived of civic amenities but the real estate business is thriving. The corporation needs to shape up. Last week, in Lalita Park, which is some metres away from Jheel area, a building tilted but the corporation took timely action and sealed the building," said BS Vohra of East Delhi RWAs Front.

After the building collapse in 2010, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the National Institute of Disaster Management ( NIDM) had carried out a large-scale survey in trans-Yamuna areas to identify structurally weak buildings. But apart from conducting surveys of dangerous buildings in the capital, the civic agencies have done little to ensure the safety of buildings in the area. After the collapse in 2010, the erstwhile MCD and the new East Corporation have taken action against 94 properties till date. Rampant illegal construction has not only added to congestion but also made old structures more vulnerable. The walls of many houses have developed deep cracks and their foundations have become weak. But the corporation officials say even they are helpless due to acute staff crunch at the supervisory level. 

with thanks : Times of India : LINK

List of Senior citizens living alone in your area, to be uploaded on www.RWABhagidari.com

May we request to all the viewers of our News Letter to mail us a list of SENIOR CITIZENS living alone in their areas alongwith address & contact numbers. 

We will upload the list on our Web Portal www.RWABhagidari.com so that it could be used by various Departments, NGOs, RWAs to regularly check the well being of those Senior Citizens. It will be a great help to those living alone in various localities. 

Plz mail us details at : rwabhagidari@yahoo.in

Thanks & Regards

B S Vohra

www.RWABhagidari.com

www.RWABhagidari.blogspot.in

Delhi consumers likely to pay more for power

Monday, 14 January 2013

Staff Reporter | New Delhi 

Delhi's power consumers may have to pay more surcharge over their electricity bill as the power companies have requested the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) to increase surcharges up to 20 per cent which is currently eight per cent. The power companies have also requested DERC to allow them to revise the surcharge in commercial and industrial category as well.

Chairman of Delhi Electricity Regularity Commission (DERC) P D Sudhakar said that the power companies have planed to increase surcharges from eight percent to 20 per cent. The power companies are planning a bigger hike in commercial and industrial category as power tariff in Delhi is lower for these categories as compared to other States. 

The power companies are also planning to revise the slabs for both domestic and commercial\industrial consumers. According to them, domestic consumers who consume 400 to 800 units and consumers who consume more than 800 units should be in different slabs.


with thanks : The Pioneer : LINK

Justice Sachar alleges pvt water companies getting undue benefits

Continuing his attack on 'privatisation' of water supply in Delhi, Justice (retired) Rajinder Sachar has questioned the role of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in such policy decisions. He has also alleged that private companies were being given undue benefit in the name of 24x7 water supply programmes under public private participation (PPP) model.

A patron of water privatisation and commercialisation resistance committee, Justice Sachar had first written to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in November, raising pertinent issues vis-à-vis privatisation attempts by the DJB. However, instead of Dikshit, he received a reply from Jal board's CEO Debashree Mukherjee. "Bureaucrats are not in the position to respond to constitutional and policy matters raised by me in the earlier letter," Sachar has pointed out to Dikshit in another letter sent this week.  

The DJB had in 2012 launched three pilot programmes for 24x7 water supply under the PPP model to improve the water distribution system in Malviya Nagar, Nangloi, Vasant Vihar and Mehrauli. 

Sachar has pointed out that the DJB has referred to reduction of the non-revenue water (NRW) but the contract agreement signed by the Nangloi project shows that the private operator will not be required to reduce NRW for the first four years. 

with thanks : Hindustan Times : LINK : for detailed news.

BSES to crack down against power thefts in Delhi

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Within a week of starting a drive against electricity theft, Delhi's power distribution company BSES has registered 450 cases of power theft. Private discoms are extending the drive against power theft, a BSES statement said Friday.

According to BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL), "over 2,000 KW (kilowatts) of power-theft load has been unearthed and 450 cases registered in the first week of the enforcement drive for illegally drawing power through unauthorised connections in south and west Delhi". 

The enforcement drive would continue till March 31 and private discoms have planned to conduct mass raids in the next two and half months.

"We are targetting over a hundred areas across south and west Delhi. Multiple raids at several places will take place. For increased effectiveness of the drive and to unearth power-theft, raids are being carried out even during late nights and early mornings," the statement said.

"Even in the unusually cold weather, there was an increase in energy theft. Power theft leads to severe over-loading of the distribution system (transformers/feeders), resulting in trippings and is also a potential safety hazard," said BRPL chief executive Gopal Saxena.

Since July 2002, BRPL has unearthed around 1.32 lakh cases of power thefts of a total load of over 7.65 lakh KW.

with thanks : IANS

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Our Salute to Brave Indian soldiers !

Safety measures !

Dear Sir  -  A well-wisher has forwarded the following message; and as it quite useful, I onforward the same for the information of all your readers.

“Some of you may have heard  this before. This is making rounds in the country and I have received this from some reliable sources as well.  I have no way of checking the authenticity, but as a pure safety measure, I strongly suggest you take note of this.

I understand, there is a syndicate of criminals selling beautiful key holders at Petrol Stations.  They sometimes parade themselves as sales promoters giving out free key holders. Please do not buy or accept these key holders no matter how beautiful they look. 
 
The key holders have inbuilt tracking device chip which allows them to track you to your home or wherever your car is parked . The key holders are very beautiful to resist. Accepting same may endanger your life.  All are therefore requested to pass this message  to colleagues, family members , loved ones, and  particularly your personal drivers.” 

Regards

Ram Gupta

Priyadarshini Vihar RWA

ACHIVEMENT OF VISHWAKARMA NAGAR RWA

ACHIVEMENT OF VISHWAKARMA NAGAR RWA

Two years back Sh. Rajesh Tiwari (President) & Sh. Praveen K. Maheshwari (Gen. Secretary) demanding the Gas Pipeline on behalf of RWA and residents of the colony.  Sh. Satish Choudhery (VP), Sh. Praveen K. Maheshwari (G. Sec.) & Sh. Vinod Kumar (Sec.) meets several times with the officials of the IGL Co..

Initially IGL Co. rejected the proposal of the RWA as the colony did not have their site plan, approval etc..  After considering the facts Sh. Satish Choudhery (VP) draw himself the blue print of the colony and provided to the IGL Co..  All the facts are discussed with the IGL Co. Officials.  IGL Co. Officials considering all the facts ready to provide the gas pipeline in the Vishwakarma Nagar.  Apart from these IGL issued two letters dt. 13.12.12 to the PWD and MCD department to provide the RRC (Road Repairing Cost) to enable the job of GAS Pipeline.

RWA tried their level best to get the Gas Pipe Line from IGL Company and soon it will come to our colony and every resident of our colony will get the benefit from this facility.

Regards

Rajesh Tiwari   Satish Choudhery   Advocate Praveen K. Maheshwari   Vinod Kumar    Manish Rheja

President           Vice-President                 Gen. Secretary                        Secretary            Treasurer