HEAVY COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ON PRIYADARSHINI VIHAR INNER LANE

The residents of B-Block of Priyadarshini Vihar have been suffering from a heavy commercial traffic on a colony's inner  lanes. This lane between Gate No.B-1 and B-2 is, although 30' wide, the working space is hardly 20', and is located just parallel to a newly constructed over 100 ft. wide 4-lane main highway on the Khureji nallah, called dis-used canal.

When this road was not constructed, the politicians and the bureaucrats had given assurances that once the road was ready, the woes of our residents would be over. This road is functional for over two years now, and the RWA and the residents have met with the area MLA, who is alsoa senior minister in the Delhi Government; the area Councillor,and the Traffic Police right up to the Joint Commissioner level, a number of times, but the problems of the residents remain unresolved. The traffic is so much used to using this lane as a convenient short-cut to and from their destinations, that they start fighting with the residents who try to stop them.  Traffic james on this hardly 100 meter long lane, is common. High speed and honking by vehicles prohibit the children and the elderly people to even come out of their own houses.

The ACP (Traffic) has been requested several times to provide two constables for peak hours to divert the traffic on to the dis-used canal road, particularly the tractor-trolleys, mini trucks, mini buses, buffalo-driven buggies and other commercial vehicles, during peak hours. No one listens and the residents living on that lane, including over 20 senior citizens, continue to suffer this trauma."

Ram Gupta
General Secretary
Priyadarshini Vihar RWA

A request from RWA member to dispose puppies

RWA member from Mayur Vihar is willing to dispose 4 LAB, fawn colour puppies, original breed. If interested, you can call him on tel number 011- 22616385.

Launching soon : Online Directory of RWA's of Delhi

We are launching soon an online Directory of RWA's of Delhi. We are launching it starting with the East Delhi District & soon all the other districts of Delhi will be included. It will have details of all the registered RWA's with Tel numbers & Mail ID's of  the office bearers. It will also include contact details of all the concerned Government bodies of the area such as  mcd,  bses,  horticulture, police, traffic police, mtnl etc. alongwith members of  Delhi Assembly, Corporation, MP's  etc. 

As the East Dist. part of the directory is nearing completion, please mail us details of your RWA alongwith names & contact details, address, cell number, mail id of  the office bearers, at the earliest.  For the time being, we are assigning a separate page to every RWA added  in the directory, where, you can also write few lines about your activities. All the other RWA's of Delhi can also mail us as above for inclusion. It is absolutely free.

A hardcopy of the directory is also under consideration but we are willing for a GREEN DIRECTORY to avoid cutting of trees for this venture & therefore preferring only the ONLINE EDITION. Please let us have your valued comments, views & suggestions in this regard.  If you wish to add your banner advertisement in the Directory Portal at a very nominal cost, please feel free to contact us.

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Babus can't charge extra fee for RTI plea

New Delhi: In a decision that will have far-reaching consequences, prime minister Manmohan Singh has given a big relief to right to information (RTI) applicants.

He has directed that no fee be charged from an applicant on account of postal expenses or deployment of manpower for supplying information.

The department of personnel and training (DoPT) works under the PM. DoPT, which looks into RTI applications, has issued a directive saying a public information officer (PIO) cannot charge any extra fee for supplying information other than what has already been prescribed by law.

“It is hereby clarified that when a PIO takes a decision to provide information on payment of fee in addition to the application fee, he should determine the quantum of such fee in accordance with the fee prescribed under the fee and cost rules and give details of such fee to the applicant together with the calculation made to arrive at such a fee,” the department said in a late night order issued on May 24.

It said neither the Right to Information (Regulation of Fee & Cost) Rules, 2005 nor the RTI Act give powers to the PIO to charge any fee other than what has been prescribed in the fee and cost rules.

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With thanks : source : DNAINDIA

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New Anti-Littering Law In The Offing

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is going to invite public opinion on an anti-littering law, which has been sent back by the Delhi government for this purpose before it is implemented. Under the law, fines for offences like spitting, littering and urinating in public among others will be increased sub- stantially.

 

"We will issue a public notice inviting the opinion of Delhiites on the anti-littering law. We had sent it to Delhi government for approval and were asked to first invite people's views on the law," said a senior MCD official.

"We want to implement the law before the Games to deter people from littering the city," the official added. Under the antilittering law, spitting, defecating and bathing in public places would invite hefty penalties from the munic- ipal inspectors who would challan people on the spot. The fines would vary between Rs 200 and Rs 500.

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With thanks : source : Hindustan Times

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No More 24X7 Groundwater Supply For Parched Delhiites

Residents of multi- storey buildings and owners of farmhouses and hotels in the city could have a tough time in the days ahead.

 

Consumption of uninterrupted round-the-clock ground- water will soon be a matter of the past for them.

Concerned about the fast depleting water table, the department of Environment, Delhi Government has decided to show no mercy to residents who illegally draw groundwa- ter by installing borewells or tubewells.

The department, through a circular issued on May 18, has ordered formation of an advisory committee at each revenue area to check violations and seal illegal wells, seize drilling rigs and permanently disconnect water supply.

Each committee will be headed by a Deputy Commissioner (Revenue). "After the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) restricted the supply of water, the illegal drawing of groundwater through borewells and tubewells has increased enormously," said a senior DJB officer.

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With thanks : source : Hindustan Times

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Sealing, demolition back from June 1

From June 1, traders in Delhi will face a tough time with the return of sealing and demolition. The Supreme Court appointed monitoring committee on sealing of unauthorised commercial establishments has directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to start sealing local shopping centres for non-payment of conversion charges.

Most such shopping centres are located in areas such as South Extension Part I and II, Defence Colony, Greater Kailash I and II, Lajpat Nagar, Rohini, Saket. The committee has also asked the MCD to demolish all illegal construction carried out by the owners at these shopping centres. According to the civic body, many shopkeepers have constructed additional floors illegally. These will be demolished.

The sealing and demolition drive is expected to begin from South and Central zone of the MCD. In each area, more than 100 such shops will be affected. In South Delhi alone, nearly 700 shops will be targeted..................................................

Areas to be affected: Local shopping centres across the city will be affected including South Extension-I and II, Defence Colony, Lajpat Nagar, GK-I and II, Green Park, Rohini, Shahdara south and north among others.

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With thanks : source : Hindustan Times

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No relief from water crisis

with thanks : Hindustan Times - HT Live dated 28.5.2010

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Launching soon : Online Directory of RWA's of Delhi

We are launching soon an online Directory of RWA's of Delhi. We are launching it starting with the East Delhi District & soon all the other districts of Delhi will be incorporated.

It will include details of all the registered RWA's with Tel numbers & Mail ID's of  the office bearers. It will also include contact details of all the concerned Government bodies of the area such as  mcd,  bses,  horticulture, police, traffic police, mtnl etc. alongwith members of  Delhi Assembly, Corporation, MP's  etc. 


A hardcopy of the directory is also under consideration but we are willing for a GREEN DIRECTORY to avoid cutting of trees for this directory & therefore preferring only the ONLINE EDITION.

Please let us have your comments, views & suggestions in this regard.  As the East Dist. part of the directory is nearing completion, please mail us details of your RWA alongwith names & contact details of  the office bearers at the earliest. All the other RWA's of Delhi can also mail us as above for incorporation.

Thanks  & Regards


B S Vohra
www.RWABhagidari.blogspot.com
rwabhagidari@yahoo.in

Requests made to Delhi Traffic Police via Facebook

As the Delhi traffic police came on Facebook, we have added certain requests to DTP as below :

On 20th May, 2010  :  Rwa Bhagidari DELHI TRAFFIC POLICE : Plz solve the traffic jam problem on F block, Mandir marg, Krishna nagar, Delhi - 51. Vid of Traffic jam can be viewed on www.RWABhagidari.blogspot.com/

On 26th May, 2010 :  Rwa Bhagidari    Delhi Traffic Police: Please depute a permanent traffic police officer to control the traffic on the very busy crossing at Road number 57 intersection at F block, Krishna nagar, Mandir marg, Delhi - 51. Plz check the traffic lights also which are mostly switched off, even in the absence of Traffic police.

On 26th May, 2010 again  : Rwa Bhagidari  : Last year in summer holidays, i went to GHPS Hargobind enclave to deposit fees of my kids. It's a very very wide road & always dozens of car's are parked outside the school. But on that fateful day no car was parked outside the school except mine & that too just for few minutes. My car was at the extreme end of the very very wide road, which is always empty. But to my surprise, on that day my car was towed away and i had to spend 300 for Challan plus 100 for searching the location to collect it. Please note, there is not even any board saying NO PARKING ZONE.

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Park And Pay Only Rs 10

Do not pay more than Rs 10 for parking your car up to 10 hours at any MCD park- ing lot and Rs 20 up to 24 hours.

In DDA-controlled lots, the charge for upto 12 hours is Rs 10 and Rs 15 for 24 hours.

Anything charged beyond that is illegal. The civic bodies submitted the statements of existing parking fees in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday after a lawyer, Sugriva Dubey, complained he was charged Rs 700 for parking his car for seven hours at the New Delhi railway station.

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With thanks : source : Hindustan Times


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