DERC - Sham of a Hearing ...... was it done on purpose ? It was a Circus out there not a Hearing

Dear All,

Fool me once, Shame on You ...... Fool me twice, Shame on You ...... Fool me thrice, SHAME ON ME ..... 

This was the third consecutive Public Hearing that was Hijacked by Politicians and each time I had prepared hard for the hearing. This time I made the additional effort of coming back from Palampur a few days earlier only to attend a Sham of a meeting.

But why did I say .... was it done on purpose ? ...... As I entered, I noticed the front row was vacant and seemed reserved. The Hearing started sharp at 10:30 am and many RWA members started taking turns to speak ..... I have been appearing in Public Hearings since 2008 and have never seen most of the the initial speakers ........ at around 11:15 am some senior Delhi Congress leaders along with chamchaas walked in and occupied the front row.

A few speakers later Mr Mukesh Sharma's name was called as the next in line ...... at this the RWA members who have been regulars in the past many years objected as not one of them had yet spoken and where from had all these people turned up. Mr. Mukesh Sharma was not allowed to speak and was requested to await his turn as the meeting was on First Come - First Served basis .......

Most of the new speakers were actually singing praises of DISCOMS, actually Tata DISCOM  ....... At around 12:20 pm the first serious speaker Mr. Ashok Bhasin got a chance to speak, a while later Mr. A.K. Datta a stalwart at DERC  Hearings got his turn ..... in the middle of Mr. Datta's PRESENTATION (mark my choice of words, a lot of research had been done) Mr. Mukesh Sharma started shouting slogans and amidst chaos and the Chairman called an early lunch break.

The serious speakers who had prepared hard and could value add to the debate were miffed at this Circus, me included .... I left the venue in disgust as this was the third futile Hearing that was deliberately hijacked.

In future DERC should ensure that only those serious Activists who file written petitions be called on a separate day so that a meaningful Public Hearing can be held .....

by all means call an open Public Hearing on a separate day where all those wanting to empty their spleen can perform whatever verbal acrobatics they want to indulge in can be allowed in full media glare.

Now you decide was it a Sham or not or was it stage-managed ..... :)

Warm Regards,

Rajiv Kakria

TARIFF hike to be Stopped by DERC

Lt Gov.

Lt Gov Secretariat

Delhi

Sub: TARIFF hike to be Stopped by DERC

Dear Sir,

We seek your kind indulgence in the afore-said subject with immediate action as the major population poor,under privileged,middle income class constituting of two thirds of the DELHI CITIZENS of Delhi are reeling under various PRICE hikes and bleeding profusely namely

1) Food products for daily consumptions eg Onions, Potatoes, vegetables, pulses, atta, rice etc

2) Hike in POWER TARIFFS continuously.Why is this there when the balance sheets are fudged .Why we cannot wait till CAG reports as was done in UP a much bigger State

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C A G has exposed U P Power Scam in PPA's with Reliance, Bajaj Energy, J P Associates and Urban Distribution Franchisee of Agra with Torrent costing loss of more than 25000 Cr Rs to UP PCL. A I P E F & UPRVP Abhiyanta Sangh has demanded immediate cancellation of PPA's & Franchisee agreement in view of C A G report.

------- News in National News Papers attached

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Similar will be the case here that is why the DISCOMS are not agreeing and take cover under the Courts?

4) Railway fare and freight hike of 14%+ and 6.5% will all reflect in the full band spectrum of PRICE hikes.Again the DISCOMS will hide under this garb and pester the Govt and twist its arms for a TARIFF hike and DERC would go ahed

5) Had requested your kind offices to make DERC independent of the Govt so that they could function and report directly to you.You have so many representations from Political Parties,Peer Groups and DERC it self etc.So why are you not taking a decision on the same ???

6)E-Rickshaw ban the populist move of the Transport Minister for votes has again killed the supplies of ENERGY as they would steal ,katiay on street lights and will burden the genuine consumers with this subsidization.As well throw there used batteries all over DELHI and creat another hazardous catastrophe in times to come as no Policy of e waste and its dispersal as in USA/Europe etc.

7) Election expenses when never they would happen in Delhi have written on the same and this would again hike PRICE.

8) The proposed hike in LPG will again lead to a Price spiral and a tornado in hikes killing most and thus compel all to go the Iraqi way

6) The Metro fare hikes etc

7) The hikes form the Rail Budgets

8) The hikes from the Budgets

9) Govt trying to pass the Gas price at US$ at 6.5US$ when the World Prices is US$2 to 2.25 

10) Jal Board coming with a hike again.

Am amazed .Again a Tornado of Price hike.

Sir what is in your hands kindly attend the same and provide the Delhi citizens some respites your honor.

Best Regards 

B.B.Tewari

ZINDAGI - Jodey Dilon Ko

JINDAGI - A new channel of Zee Network is being launched on 23rd of June at 8 pm for connecting the hearts & minds of people of India & Pakistan. A great initiative with a hope to view the Galiyaan of Lahore & Rawalpindi with the actors & actresses across the Border. 

Let's hope, ZINDAGI will be a new bonding chain of flourishing relations between the two countries. Let's hope, ZINDAGI will be JODEY DILON KO through ZEE's corporate philisophy 'VASUDHAIVA  KUTUMBKAM' - The World is my Family. Let's hope that ZINDAGI will give a NEW ZINDAGI to the friendship of both the countries by breaking all the barriers.

We always wanted to visit Pakistan, but the Tensions between the two countries never gave us the opportunity. Hopefully, we would be able to view our neighbouring country, that was once our own part, through JINDAGI.

Though we could not visit Pakistan, we tried to satisfy our desire by visiting the Wagah Border. During our first visit to the Wagah Border, we left from Amritsar in the early morning but due to excessive cold it was fog all over. Even on reaching the border we found nothing visible. 

During our next visit, we left from Amritsar at around 3 pm to catch the views of the Flag ceremony there. Though Cars are not allowed inside that area, we got the permission & reached the prime spot well in time. It was really a delight for all of us. We could view our Soldiers on the Border as well the Militry personals of Pakistan on the other side. It was a great feeling, that we were on the Border. 

The minute the ceremony started, there was slogan shouting from both the sides. We all were also chanting very loudly, " Hindustan Zindabad ". In a minute, it electrified a great feeling of Patriotism amongst all of us, a feeling of being Proud Indians.

The truth is that the people of both the countries are willing to mingle with each other, willing to do business with each other. But the tensions since 1947, that are the brain child of the vested interests of Pakistan, never allow the flowers of friendship to come into existence. 

That's why, they keep on continuing the attacks on our Borders, our Parliament, Red fort and other important places in India. Many a times our soldiers have been killed brutally. The peace talks of Sh Bajpai ji lead to Kargil & even after the visit of Mr Nawaz Sharif to meet Modi ji, it's still raining bullets on our Borders.

Let's hope that ZEE NETWORK through ZINDAGI will make an impact on those vested interests & they will forget all the enmity with us. Let's hope that through ZINDAGI Pakistani hukumraans will understand that there is no use of keeping the issues boiling all the time. Let's hope, ZINDAGI will be a new bonding chain of flourishing relations between the two countries. Let's hope, ZINDAGI will be JODEY DILON KO through ZEE's corporate philisophy 'VASUDHAIVA  KUTUMBKAM' - The World is my Family. Let's hope that ZINDAGI will give a NEW ZINDAGI to the friendship of both the countries by breaking all the barriers.

Thanks,

B S Vohra

DERC Public Hearing !

No Water, No Brides in this Delhi Village : NDTV News

Issapur:  At a village in the suburbs of Delhi, a chronic water problem has left many young men facing prolonged bachelorhood. 

Issapur in Najafgarh in the capital's north has not seen a wedding for several years, and villagers link it to the water crisis.

"People come here and the minute they see the water situation, they change their mind. (They) say they don't want to get their daughters married off here. There are so many who are touching 30 and still haven't got married," says Prem Singh, 28, pointing at his friend, 31-year-old Narender.

Narender retorts, "There were two proposals for Prem Singh, but the families ran when they saw him chasing a water tanker.  They must have wondered whether their daughters would have to do the same."

For most villagers, this is no laughing matter.

An old man tells us, "I've been trying to get my nephew married for a long time. I gave him clean new clothes in the hope that it will work but when nothing does, I still have to make sure he washes his clothes so that we can try again."

Roshni Dagar, returning home with half a bucket of drinking water borrowed from a neighbour, isn't surprised. "It's natural for people to worry about their daughter getting married into a hard life," she says.

Sushila Dagar stares at four empty water drums in her home as she complains, "Water has to be filled from tankers. Women have to climb the tankers to extract water with the help of pipes. Many fall and hurt themselves. Why would anyone knowingly want to go through that?"

Issapur depends on erratic water supply from the Delhi Jal Board. That means every morning, women queue up by the roadside with water containers. They wait all day and if the tanker doesn't show up, they simply repeat the drill the next day. 

Villagers here wonder why access to water is such a struggle for them even though they are a part of the country's capital city.

with thanks : NDTV : LINK

Some important issues !

नमस्ते। 

दिल्ली के अधिकतर इलाकों में पीने का पानी ग्राउंड फ्लोर पर भी बिना पंप लगाए नहीं आता। ऊपर की मंज़िल या वाटर टैंक भरने के लिए तो पंप लगाना अनिवार्य हो गया है। 

पंप से पानी खीचने के कारण बिजली का ख़र्चा तो बढ़ता ही है साथ में मेन लाइन की गन्दगी भी आती है और साथ मेँ आती है'हवा' (AIR). कई जगह तो पानी कम और हवा ज़्यादा आती है। किन्तु हमारे पानी का मीटर पानी के साथ-साथ हवा को भी नापता (Read) है। इस तरह वहाँ के लोग पानी से ज़्यादा हवा का भुगतान करने को मज़बूर हैं। इस प्रकार दिल्ली जल बोर्ड जितना पानी सप्लाई नहीं कर रहा उससे कहीं अधिक की बिलिंग हो रही है। 

इस विषय पर गंभीरता से विचार करते हुए आगे कार्यवाही करनी चाहिए क्योंकि पानी इतना महंगा हो गया है कि अब हम 'हवा' का भुगतान और नहीं कर सकते। अब हमें यह सुनिचित करना होगा कि दिल्ली जल बोर्ड सही प्रेशर पर पानी सप्लाई करे। इससे बिजली व पानी दोनों के बिल कम हो जाएंगे। 

Thanks and Regards,

Vipin Gupta

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