Saturday, January 7, 2017
Friday, January 6, 2017
East Delhi residents say they are fed up of blame game over sanitation strike
The strike threat issued by over 17,000 sanitation workers in east Delhi has residents worried.
East Delhi was the worst hit by the previous two major strikes by the sanitation workers. Roads across east Delhi had piles of garbage dumped on them by striking workers; waste dumps overflowed and collection of garbage from homes was stopped.
Delhi generates a total of 10,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste daily of which 2,200 tonnes is generated in east Delhi alone.
“Sanitation workers have gone on multiple strikes in the recent years. The situation became so serious that the Lieutenant Governor and the Delhi High Court had to intervene. I fail to understand why the corporation has not been able to solve the issue yet,” said BS Vohra, president, east Delhi RWAs joint federation.
“After demonetisation, EDMC has collected a huge amount as revenue yet still they claim they have no money pay salaries to their staff. Why should the residents suffer for the corporation’s failure,” asked Vohra.
The workers, who threatened an indefinite strike on Thursday, are demanding their three months’ salary dues and arrears. ON all the previous occasions, payment of dues has been the main demand of the workers. With a budgetary deficit of over several thousand crores, the EDMC has survived on the support by the Delhi government and the Centre.
Residents said it is high time that the blame game between the political parties should stop and someone fix the responsibility. “I pay my property tax regularly so why should I suffer unnecessarily. Last year, garbage was not lifted from streets for two weeks. It happened in the month of October when chikungunya and malaria spread in Delhi due to unhygienic surroundings,” said AK Jha, a resident of Anand Vihar.
Mohanjeet Singh, EDMC commissioner, assured to make all necessary arrangements to ensure that residents are not harassed.
“There is no denying the fact that their salaries are pending for months but we don’t have money. We are concerned about the families of the sanitation workers and are pursuing Delhi government to issue grants. We are expecting that funds are released in a couple of days,” he said.
with thanks : Hindustan Times : LINK
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
350th Prakash Parv of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
Heartiest Gurupurab Greetings to the entire humanity on the 350th Prakash Parv of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. Waheguru Waheguru Waheguru Waheguru Waheguru Waheguru Waheguru
Sunday, January 1, 2017
Friday, December 30, 2016
Irked commuters urge MP to act on congested road : DNA
Constant traffic jams in the internal lanes of Krishna Nagar are now getting on the nerves of east Delhi residents. In the absence of traffic lights and proper policing, the road from Geeta Colony to Krishna Nagar is always blocked, troubling the commuters on a daily basis.
“There is no red light in the area. Hardly any traffic police is deployed on the route. It is extremely difficult to commute on this road. It takes almost an hour to cross it,” said Mayank Sharma, a commuter.
According to residents, five-six ATMs, banks, and grocery stores are located on the street. Most people come to these places in their own vehicles, which they park on the road. “There is no space left to drive on this road because of these parked vehicles,” said Minakshi Pandey, a resident.
The locality’s residents have also written a letter to MP Mahesh Giri, requesting him to intervene in the matter. The MP has further shot off a letter to the Delhi Traffic Police in this regard.
BS Vohra, President of the East Delhi RWAs Joint Front Federation, said: “We have been requesting the authorities to look into the matter. At times, even ambulances get stuck in the traffic. Such emergencies can arise anytime and we need a solution for this.”
Meanwhile, according to sources, the traffic police are working to make the stretch jam-free. “We are aware of the situation. Work is being done to improve the traffic system on the road,” a senior Delhi Traffic Police officer said.
with thanks : DNA : LINK
REMOVAL OF STREET LIGHT
It is matter of concern that following street light has been removed without making any other arrangment resulting in plunging of area into darkness on 27.12.2016:
POLE NO. 417-34/11/2
TYPE OF POLE. IRON
ADDRESS: IN FRONT OF HOUSE NO. 2401 PREM GALI PUNJABI BASTI, SUBZI MANDI, DELHI-110007
This was only one street light in Prem Gali, Tikona Park, Punjabi Basti, Subzi Mandi, Delhi-110007 which has been removed on 27.12.2016. Kindly install the street light immediately as whole of area of gali is in total darkness.
TIKONA PARK ENCLAVE
RWA (REGD.)
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