No supply from Munak Canal, Delhi eyes irrigation water to quench thirst

With the dispute over water from the Munak Canal having a reached a stalemate, Delhi is now looking to use irrigation water it receives from the Yamuna for drinking.

Since water shortage could prove damning for the government in an election year, Delhi's water utility, the Delhi Jal Board, is planning to push for the release of 51 cusecs of its "legitimate" share for irrigation water through Haryana.

"This 51 cusecs (25 million gallons a day) has nothing to do with the Munak Canal share. It is Delhi's legitimate share that has been allocated for irrigation. Since irrigation needs of the city have gone down significantly, we want Haryana to give us that water in bulk for us to use it the way we want," a senior DJB official said.

DJB's chief executive officer Debashree Mukherjee has been meeting MLAs from the suburbs, especially Bawana, who clarified that irrigation water released through Haryana was occasional. Senior officials maintained that the neighbouring state had refused to share details of the irrigation booking despite repeated requests.

If Delhi secures additional 51 cusecs from Haryana in bulk, it will be able to run at least one of its three water treatment plants that are lying vacant for want of raw water and the Munak Canal issue.

"We will take this issue up with the Upper Yamuna River Board and the Central Water Commission on a priority basis. If we get 51 cusecs of water, we will be able to operate the 20 MGD Bawana water treatment plant," Mukherjee told Newsline.

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Tall promises are made but never fulfilled ?

I fully endorse the views expressed herein. It is true at the public forum tall promises are made but never fulfilled. It has become a core custom will politicians across the board who hold positions! I could tell from our experience that all mails sent to Hon'ble LG or Hon'ble CM are never attended to inspite promises made, assurances given and publicity made in media etc. With the technological innovations made and adopted by the Govt. with a lot of fanfare etc. nothing tangible has been done. As a result all problems being faced by the residents continue to plague them with no solutions. Take anything under their umbrella - whether inflated water bills, dogs and monkeys menace, cleaning of storm water drains or sewerage, carpetting of roads, provision of uninterrupted electricity, maintenance of parks, removal of encroachments, demolition of disused overhead water tanks over a few decades, intensive patrolling of colonies by Police, payment of property tax and to get mutaion etc. done etc. etc. You could go on reporting countless problems but not attended to over months and years! We could never imagine what is the problem in attending to public grievances reported through various channels. Even appointments are not given by the officials concerned and when we finally go to meet them at the appointed time, a cool message is left behind stating that they have gone for a meeting, always easy to take the names of their bosses or the Hon'ble CM OR LG!! Nothing moves without pleading with the officials concerned numberless time and greasing their palms and pleading the genuine cases for redressal! Are we all living, working, law-abiding and worshiping our own lords who are expected to serve/help us? The latest issue of India Today reveal everything how our Corrupt Republic functions! Is it not a shame on our part for which everyone is responsible! Of course, we have no option but to prostrate ourselves before the ALMIGHTY to save us and save our country from the clutches of these Lords!

TK Balu

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Promises are never fulfilled ?

Govt. is busy in conducting various 'Samaybadh Jagrukta Divis' under Bhagidari commitment of the Govt.  But it is observed that the promises are never fulfilled e.g the same Shivir was conducted at Talkatora Stadium on 7.7.2013, with an assurance that the CM or the CM Office concerned department will reply to the grievances filed within seven days, but no action is taken till today.  CM must ensure the promises made are fulfilled if not possible, then  there is no use wasting public money like this. 

R K Nanda

Why Govt is unable to control the fall in Indian Rupee ?

पेट्रोल के दामों में आज रात से फिर बढ़ोतरी .पेट्रोल की कीमत में आज रात से 1.55 पैसों की बढ़ोतरी की है .इस बढ़ोतरी में टैक्स शामिल नहीं है टैक्स अलग - अलग प्रान्तों में अलग - अलग दर से लिया जायेगा .

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May I ask the reason from Delhi Traffic Police ?

We have made dozens of complaints to DTP to look into the Traffic Jam position in Krishna nagar, Lal quarter, Jheel, areas. Many a time we got visits from ACP or TI in the earlier months to look into our problems. Many a times we uploaded vids of real traffic jams on the DTP site to exhibit the gravity of situation. Many a times we raised the issue at the Bhagidari meets at the DC office monthly meetings. But no action is ever taken & we were told that the staff crunch is the reason. We were told that almost 50% of the staff has to go to the VIP duty everyday. We asked for tow away vehicles to ease the traffic jams in the area but DTP could not offer us even a single round even in months as they said they have to maintain the Vikas Marg.

But strange the same DTP has enough staff to tow away the vehicles from the areas where there is no traffic jam, where the parked vehicle is not hurting anyone. Sometime ago I went to deposit the school fee of my kid at GHPS hargobind enclave & on coming back found my car towed away. Today I parked my car for few minutes to take away some papers from typist near the DC office & again my car was towed away. These are the areas where there is no rush, no traffic jam and nothing of that sort.

Strange the areas mentioned above don’t have the NO PARKING Sign boards & when I asked the DTP personal, his answer was that there is not even the PARKING Board.

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Civic issues of Navrachna apts, East Arjun nagar

RESPECTED VOHRA JI 

THANKIN YOU VERY MUCH FOR HIGHLIGHTING VARIOUS COMMON ISSUES WITH APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES. 

YOU ARE AWARE THAT YOU HAVE RAISED THE ABOVE ISSUEAND ROAD WAS CONSTRUCTED. NOW PWD IS FURTHER STRENGTHENING THE ROAD AND CONSTRUCTING A0 BALANCE ROAD. THE RESIDENTS OF NAVRACHNA APPARTMENT ARE FACING PECULIAR PROBLEM. THE PWD STAFF HAS CLEANED THE AREA BEFORE CONSTRUCTING THE ROAD AND THROWN ALL GARBAGE(MITTI) IN FRONT OF THE SOCIETY GATE ON LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE. MCD HAS REFUSED TO LIFT THE SAME AS THIS WAS DONE BY PWD.WE ARE NOT AWARE OF THE CONTACT PERSON IN PWD. NOW PIGS ARE ENJOYING=

THIS GARBAGE. IT GIVES VERY UGLYA0 LOOK. I WILL BE HIGHLY OBLIGED IF YOU COULD SEND ME THE PWD OFFICER NUMBER IN MY EMAIL ADDRESS. CHANDERRR1959@REDIFFMAIL.COM. NAVRACHNA APPARTMENT IS VERY NEAR TO DR HEADGEVAR HOSPITAL 

WITH REGARDS 

CHANDER MOHAN

IndiBloggers meet, that changed smelly to smiley !

Though I get regular messages from indiblogger, I never took much interest as first of all I don’t like to go alone n secondly, can’t really adjust in the ho halla that’s expected  in such kind of meets. 

REASON ? 

I am a different type of person. A Blogger but with a social cause. Wanna serve the society. Wanna chat n discuss about our meets with DERC so that the power tariff could come down in Delhi. Wanna chat n discuss about the DJB, about dirty water being supplied, about waterloging in the city, potholes, sanitation, power outages, RWAs, FDI, inflation, politicians etc. etc. & ofcourse about our RTIs on various issues and you can find me on various TV channels on various social issues.

Donno how, i decided to visit the Ambipur meet, filled the participation forms n reached the spot alongwith Sonia - my wife who is also a very active Blogger with our SikhsIndia Blog. 

The meet started with Nihal and OMG what was that ? All the bloggers were just laughing, banging their heads….OMG.....it looked like a MAD MAD MAD House or a mad mad mad world.

But very soon I realized that it was not a mad house instead a fun filled event where youngsters had ample opportunities to express. It was not just a promotional event of P&G for Ambi Pur, instead it offered us to meet a wide variety of bloggers from the city as well NCR region with different causes, interests, technicalities & so on. They were from different age groups, from the mere 13 years old to the grown ups & matures, all there, under the single roof, laughing, shouting, enjoying the fun filled event.

All the Bloggers actively participated in various activities & expressed themselves in the best possible manner. And lastly the skits, though promotional in nature, again offered ample opportunities to the audience. They were divided in 8 teams & given few minutes to not only to make a promotional skit but also to perform it on the stage. Great fun indeed ! All the teams performed well, with their own themes, their own stories, generated there itself, in few minutes with all the born n natural actors. Good job ! Great efforts ! I just sprayed AMBI PUR to convert the smelly ones into smiley ones.

And finally, i had to change my opinion, atleast about the indiblogger meets. Instead of mere Ho Halla, it was a great experience, a great opportunity to meet all lot of friends from various cultures, different fields, different age groups but with one thing in common. Yeah, we all were INDIBLOGGERS.

Definitely three cheers for the entire indiblogger team, that was quite friendly and thanks from my wife to all there as she really enjoyed a lot. Thanks to Ambipur as it changed the smelly to smiley in a short span. 

And one thing is sure that now onwards i would like to attend all the indiblogger meets in Delhi & around (subject to my time restraints), and in case i could not reach the spot due to my other social activities, my wife will definitely be there, in the indiblogger meets as a co blogger. In that case, please don't forget to meet me at the link below : http://www.youtube.com/user/RWABhagidari/videos