Punish the Guilty !

Dildar Vs. Dagdaar ?

Woes of Anand Vihar in water front !

 In response to your clarion call in your esteemed newspaper under ‘Saving a mega city’ relating to DJB’s matters, I give the following comments for your consideration and highlighting them in your columns with the fond hope and aspiration that they will receive due attention of the authorities concerned for remedial expeditious action:-

Ø  Demolition of OHT: At the instance and approval of the then Govt.agencies and at the cost of the Anand Vihar Society (over Rs.6 lakhs) a huge ‘overhead tank’ was constructed in 1977 for storage and supply of ground water upto 1984 and with the supply of Ganga water in ’84 to the entire colony and surrounding areas, the OHT became redundant. The Society had been pleading time and again with all the authorities concerned to demolish it and construct a ‘underground water reservoir (UGR) at the same place for supply of water. Cracks had developed in OHT and may endanger the lives and properties of all residents around in Anand Vihar but no visible action has been taken so far by DJB – perhaps awaiting an (un)expected and sudden calamity to take place which will hit the ‘headlines’!

Ø  Unauthorized occupation: The DJB had unauthorizedly occupied the land surrounding the OHT which belongs to the Society, as its cost on land and development including for construction of the OHT, was borne by the Society. They are reluctant to leave it which could be profitably utilized for many useful  and beneficial purposes of the residents, whose number is increasing manifold day by day!

Ø  Replacement of water pipe lines: The entire water-pipe lines were laid when the colony came up over three decades back and the existing pipelines then laid have outlived their prescribed lives and are wearing out supplying rusted water through the pipelines endangering the lives of the people! Taking into consideration all factors, the DJB assured to replace the pipelines in phases in the entire colony about two years back but still a beginning has to be made! With the ‘plotted’ colony becoming ‘flatted’ colony and consequent increase in population and consumption of water by residents the DJB had also been requested to widen the gauge of the pipelines when being replaced! No response. Perhaps yet an another calamity awaited!

Ø  Cleaning of sewerage lines: With the increase in population in the colony and consequent increase of flow of sewerage, the DJB had been requested to increase the gauge of the sewer lines, pending that use a mechanical device to clean up the entire line in the colony. No action taken.

Ø  Water harvesting: As a measure of ‘water harvesting’ the Society had requested the MCD to puncture the concrete base of the storm water drainage line so that waste water will not accumulate but will seep into earth. But alas no action taken while they are propagating/appealing to citizens of Delhi to take adequate measures for ‘water harvesting’ where this simple method could save a lot of water, presently stagnating over the base of the covered drains and thus becoming a fertile breeding ground for mosquitoes and spreading ‘malaria’ etc.

Ø  Billing system: In short it could be said: ‘atrocious’ as the entire billing system is totally disastrous and the meters readers and billing clerks are playing ‘havoc’ with the entire process sending unimaginable astounding amount of bills for payment and all are forced to go to DJB’s office to get them rectified! Have you ever heard of such a callous machinery functioning anywhere!

T K Balu

Anand Vihar

A shame for all of us !

Plz give a title to it !

Civic issues of Vasundhara Enclave

There are partly covered, partly open drains in front of our apartments [Doctors Apts] in Vasundhara Enclave, running along many other apts in this area. Besides the public, even the MCD sweepers sweep all leaves, poly bags & rubbish into the drains and as a result there is lot of stagnat water & dirt. Can cleaning of these drains be done as a first step,and close the drains fully to avoid similar situation again. It is also extremely risky to walk at nights on the foot paths because of these openings - Can it be attended please.

Thanks,

Dr VASANTA BHARATULA

Area MLA Dr A K Walia discussed problems of P D Vihar

Our area MLA and Minister of Health, Govt of NCT of Delhi, Dr A. K. Walia was invited by the RWA to take a round of Priyadarshini Vihar  and discuss various problems faced by the residents.  The meeting was organized 08:30 am on Saturday, 13th April 2013.  About 50 residents and staff of civil agencies and DP attended the meeting. Problems raised by residents.  A letter listing the problems which included coked sewers; overflowing and stinking rain water drains; non-function submersible pumps in parks; menace of stray dogs in the colony; damaged and broken lane with heavy outside traffic including buses and trucks, and poor police security arrangement, etc; was handed over to the Minister (copy attached for information).

 

Mr Fazal Khan, Asst. Engineer, EDMC stated that tender had been already done for relaying of lane between H.No.B-206 and B-242 and Dr Walia launched the project by breaking coconut. 

 

Ram Gupta, General Secretry, RWA thanked the residents, the govt staff and Dr Walia and hoped that the promises made the staff would be fulfilled by timely attending to the problems.  Some photos attached.

 

Ram Gupta

General Secretary

Priyadarshini Vihar RWA 

PMO forms panel to report on groundwater levels in Delhi

NEW DELHI: The city's falling groundwater levels have finally caused some alarm in the government. A committee has been set up under directions of the Prime Minister's office, headed by the chairman of the Central Ground Water Authority, to submit a report on Delhi's rainwater harvesting (RWH) and groundwater status to the ministry of water resources in three months.

At a meeting held at the LG office recently, Delhi Jal Board and the environment department came together to formulate a strategy to properly implement RWH and ensure better funds for RWH in Delhi. DJB has almost finalized two agencies that will work as a one-window stop for applicants looking to get RWH done on their premises. The pilot project will start with south and southwest districts which have the worst groundwater levels. "In each district, 100 built-up areas of 2,000 sq m or more will be taken up for RWH. Work will include identifying such places, promoting RWH, providing technical design, getting necessary approvals and getting approval for government schemes under which the projects can be financed," said sources. Work is expected to start next month.

According to the expression of interest, applicants should have teams of sufficiently qualified technical, administrative and field staff for proper implementation of the programme. They also needed to have experience of conducting at least 10 programmes on creating awareness on rainwater harvesting and conservation of water during the last seven years, out of which five are to be in Delhi.

DJB will also increase the amount of grant provided for RWH. "The Rs 1 lakh we give may be inadequate and we will increase that amount. Now, 100% grant is available for RWH under the 'My Delhi, I Care' scheme which has also set aside Rs 5 crore for each district for RWH harvesting and other issues. An additional Rs 1 crore each year will be allotted for RWH to four districts where groundwater levels are critical. These are south, southwest, west and northwest," said Debashree Mukherjee, CEO, DJB.

DJB has begun giving 10% rebate in water bills to those who have adopted RWH. Mukherjee said monitoring will be strengthened to ensure RWH is done by those for whom it is mandatory, which are plots with a built-up area of 200 sq m or more. "A penalty may be imposed on those not having RWH but that will be monitored by the environment department," said sources.

with thanks : Times of India : LINK

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Thanks for the Compliments !

Dear Mr. Vohra,

I have all the appreciation for the cause you have undertaken and your devotion is mind blowing.  This Platform is a a boon for the RWAs and people should come forward in disposing of their various grievances.  

Please continue the efforts, God bless you. 

With regards  

R K Nanda , 

Shalimar Bagh, 

Delhi. 110088 

MEGA DELHI RWA

We have regular requests from a large number of persons for launching of an RWA that could cover entire Delhi. We are pleased to announce the launching of MEGA DELHI RWA for entire Delhi. Those willing to join may please send us a mail with complete contact details for the Membership form. Our mail id is : rwabhagidari@yahoo.in

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B S Vohra