HT - Crackers Ban in Delhi?

Resident Welfare Associations (RWA) also agreed that the sale and purchase of firecrackers were happening discreetly in their areas.

“The sale and purchase are definitely happening, but these bans should not be imposed because ultimately the religious sentiments of people are involved. What the government can do is educate people about the impact of bursting firecrackers and how it adversely affects our health. Ultimately, we are all dying breathing this polluted air. Once that awareness comes, people will stop bursting crackers themselves,” said BS Vohra, president of East Delhi RWAs Joint Front.

Wishing You A Very Happy Diwali 2021

Don't you want to discuss MPD2021 & MPD2041 ?

MPD2041 Public Hearing - Open letter to Hon'ble LG & CM for a meeting !

30th October 2021

Respected LG Saab,

Respected CM Saab,

May we request you to please call a meeting with the RWA Federations, Market Associations & the Activists of the city, to listen to the Suggestions / Objections over the MPD2041.

By the Grace of God, Covid Antibodies have been found in 97% of Delhi residents & such a meeting can now be called to discuss the outcome & achievements of MPD2021 as well the Expectations from MPD2041, though still under COVID protocol.

We are sorry to say that even on the completion of the MPD2021 time period, the Yamuna river still gets 70% of pollutants from Delhi. 45% of the untreated sewage still enters Yamuna & 47% of the potable drinking water is still lost by theft or leakages.

We are the most Polluted Capital, ranking high on Noise Pollution, & with no check on the number of vehicles to check vehicular pollution. We have no suitable Parking facilities & no check on Encroachments & Unauthorised constructions.

The 2nd wave of COVID19 clearly exhibited the status of health facilities in the city, while the kids & the grown-up kids are unable to get a seat in Nursery & DU, easily.

There are so many issues to be discussed such as Pollution, Housing, Drainage, Sewage, Waterlogging, Drinking water, Mobile Tower Radiation, Mixed Land Use, Transport, Mobility, Solid Waste, Garbage Mountains, Power infrastructure, Pedestrian safety, Right to way, Seismic vulnerability, Night Economy, E-waste, Right to speak as well as the Right to be heard.

Willing to stand together with Delhi Government & Administration for making a better Delhi by the end of 2041. Please give us time for a meeting to discuss all the issues. Please revert at the earliest.

With best regards,

B S Vohra, Convener, RWA Bhagidari, President, East Delhi RWAs Joint Front

Rajiv Kakria, Convener, Save Our City,

Saurabh Gandhi, Gen, Secretary, United Residents of Delhi

Chetan Sharma, Secy, Conrwa

Sanjay Gupta, RWA

BoE&H on MPD2041 - Face to Face Public Hearing Possible now !

 28th October 2021

Commissioner cum Secretary,

Delhi Development Authority,

B-Block, Vikas Sadan,

New Delhi-110023.

Subject: BoE&H on MPD2041 - Face to Face Public Hearing Possible now

Dear Sir, 

A Face 2 Face Public hearing to discuss the MPD2041 issues is possible now, as over 90% of the Delhiites have developed Antibodies against Coronavirus. The RWAs, Market Associations & Activists can now be invited in batches, with due COVID Protocol.

Please look into it & decide at the earliest, so that we could have a Non-Polluted, Non-Congested, a Vibrant, and a Green City by 2041, without any sewerage, drainage, & garbage issues.

With best regards,

B S Vohra

Convenor, RWA Bhagidari

President, East Delhi RWAs Joint Front - Federation

www.RWABhagidari.com

www.RWABhagidari.blogspot.com

Participants ‘unhappy’ with online hearing on MPD-2041

 

‘Not invited’

Some members of residents welfare associations (RWAs) said they were not invited to the hearing “despite multiple requests”. B.S. Vohra, president of East Delhi RWA, said while he had “managed to attend” the previous hearing on October 25, he received no communication for Wednesday’s meeting. “I had also reached out to the DDA on Twitter in order to attend the meeting, and I was assured that it will be resolved soon, but nothing happened. They (DDA) know that we have good points to raise and maybe they don’t want to discuss the issues with us. Even in the previous meeting, I was given only two minutes to speak,” he said, adding that he had also sent a “detailed email” to the DDA authorities in which he had mentioned his points.

Rajiv Kakria, the convener of the Save Our City campaign, said he was not invited to the hearings despite several requests and objected to the process being conducted online. “It should be a physical hearing. Save Our City is a collective of RWAs, NGOs, and activists with 175 signatories. We have clearly mentioned that each signatory must be invited. There has been no communication from the DDA despite acknowledging that they have read my petitions.”

The Hindu: LINK

MPD2041 - Public Hearing - B S Vohra - Times of India

 

MPD2041 - Public Hearing - B S Vohra - Hindustan Times

 

Any one got the invite of DDA to participate in the Public hearing?

We got no link, no email, no SMS, from @official_dda for participation in the so-called Public hearing on #mpd2041. Even otherwise, it was of no use as 1500 persons can't even say a sentence in 60 minutes.

If anyone got this great opportunity, please let us know about your experience.

RWA BHAGIDARI LIVE CHAT - Let's discuss #MPD2041 - Part 1

In this episode we have raised our 4 demands as below:

1. Let us know the outcome of MPD2021

2. Time-bound outcome schedule under MPD2041

3. A Special session for RWAs in the Public Hearing

4. 1500 persons can not speak in 60 minutes & hence we will Boycott public hearing.

MPD2041: Can we call it a Public hearing?

DDA has called for a Board of Enquiry & hearing on 18th & 20th October to discuss MPD2041. Each slot of one hour has almost 1500 persons, & even if 5% of the participants, turn up, we won't get even half a minute to speak. Can we call it a Public hearing to discuss the Master Plan of Delhi 2041? Moreover, we at EDRWAJF have not yet received any email/ SMS with the Link/ Unique ID / Password to participate. 

Therefore, we the RWAs have decided to have our RWA Bhagidari Live Chat to discuss the MPD2041 issues. The chat will go Live on the RWA Bhagidari FaceBook profile. It will also be uploaded on the RWA Bhagidari YouTube Channel. The link will be forwarded/ tagged to our LG Saab, DDA Official, CM, DY CM, Ministers & MPs of Delhi.

The speakers will be:

B S Vohra, RWA Bhagidari, EDRWAJF ( Moderator)

Rajiv Kakria, Save Our City

Chetan Sharma, CONRWA

Saurabh Gandhi, URD

Awaiting confirmation from many others. If you too want to speak, please WhatsApp us. We will try our best to invite you in the ZOOM meet being planned on 19th October 2021. 

If you have any genuine issues, please email the same to us (rwabhagidari@yahoo.in) for inclusion in the Live Chat. Please share our links to your nearby RWAs for wider coverage:

https://www.facebook.com/rwabhagidari/

https://www.youtube.com/user/rwabhagidari