BSES Meters `Running Fine', Time To Pay Up

Nearly 4,000 power consumers, who contested their unusually high electricity bills in June 2009, will have to pay the original billed amounts over the next two months.

  Sources in BSES said the check meters installed at the consumers' houses to see if their original meters were running too fast have "consistently shown" the same readings as the original meters.

After the unusually harsh summer in 2009, thousands of consumers had contested their power bills. People queued up at various power grievance forums to file complaints and questioned the credibility of bills that were, in some cases, over 100 per cent of what was usually charged. "People claimed their bills showed spikes that went from Rs 7,000 to Rs 20,000 without any significant increase in consumption," a Power department official recalled. The discoms blamed the hike on the withdrawal of a 10 per cent subsidy by the Delhi government.

Following a long investigation into the issue, the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) came up with a temporary solution.

Discoms were asked to install check meters for five months in houses of consumers who had contested their bills to check if the high bills were a result of fast running meters.

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MCD plans stray dog sterilisation camps

Taking note of the city’s record of 15 to 20 cases of dog bite every day, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is trying its bit to get rid of the nuisance of stray dogs. 

Clearing its long-awaited proposal, the civic body has given orders to open centres for sterilisation and anti-rabies vaccination of stray dogs in the city.

The municipal commissioner has issued directions to identify land for the centres. Around 10 centres will be opened across Delhi, the maximum of which will be located in the Trans Yamuna area, as it has the highest population of stray dogs. 

“We want to do away with the problem of stray dogs before the Commonwealth Games. Dealing with stray dogs is getting tougher as we do not have sufficient number of centres to treat them and enough non-government organisations (NGOs) working for them,” said a senior MCD officer.

The corporation had outsourced the work of sterilisation of dogs to NGOs in 2003. A total of 10 NGOs were roped in by the civic body for the purpose. In 2008-09, 2,7199 stray dogs were caught for sterilisation, in 2006-07, the count was 18,428 and in 2005-06, 12,682 dogs were caught by the NGOs. The NGOs get Rs 445 for the treatment of every dog.

“The increasing number of stray dogs on Delhi roads is a big problem. We have been running dog sterilisation campaigns with the NGOs, but they have not yielded satisfactory results. Therefore, was decided to open our own centres for sterilisation of dogs where anyone can bring dogs for treatment,” said the officer.

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Dal Prices To Go Up At 400 Govt Outlets Will Be Effective From June 7

Now, even Delhi government is finding it difficult to keep the price of pulses under wrap at the outlets it had opened to sell essential commodities at a reasonable rate.

The food and civil supplies department on Tuesday announced an increase in prices of three varieties of pulses currently being sold at 400 selected outlets, including all Mother Dairy booths.

The price of chana dal has been increased from Rs 31/kg to Rs 32/kg while Kala chana will be sold at Rs 31/kg instead of Rs 30/kg. The increase will be effective from June 7.

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Low-Cost Meals For Capital's Poor

A nutritious and good quality meal for just Rs 15 is Delhi government's promise and aim for the hundreds of poor and homeless people in the Capital.

The plan includes dispatching mobile food units to areas predominantly inhabited by the homeless.

"We have already floated a tender for the scheme, which is expected to be operational sometime around the second week of June," said a senior offi- cial from the department of social welfare on condition of anonymity. The government is following the example of Brazil's `Homeless and Landless Unite' scheme under which the government provides subsidies to NGOs that prepare food for the homeless in community kitchens.

The government proposes to give the city's poor, shelterless population - mainly rickshawpullers, daily wagers, labourers and the like - access to regular but good quality, nutritious food items at a reasonable price through these food units.

The scheme, an extension of Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit's Apni Rasoi (community kitchen) pro- gramme, will reportedly be inaugurated on June 15. "These mobile food units will provide a thali with roti, dal, chawal, chole, etc., to the home- less at Rs 15," said Manoj Parida, principal secretary, Ministry of Social Welfare, Delhi.

The programme comes after an order each from the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court and will utilise the existing infrastructure of the mid-day meal scheme.

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Groundwater Bill opposed

Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly V. K. Malhotra has said that about 1,700 unauthorised colonies and slums would be deprived of water if the Delhi Government introduces the groundwater Bill.

Reacting to the proposed Bill, Prof. Malhotra said these colonies are dependent on groundwater for their daily needs.

"While the Government's concern over the falling levels of groundwater is shared by all, it is equally true that there has been no serious attempt by it to help raise the groundwater level. Now, by suddenly introducing the groundwater Bill, the Government will effectively cut off the only source of water for hundreds of colonies across the city," he said.

Prof. Malhotra said the Chief Minister, who is also the chairperson of the Delhi Jal Board, has failed comprehensively in improving its management and working: "Shortage of water is the single most important issue for most people, particularly those living in South Delhi. The Chief Minister has also failed to curb the growing menace of the tanker mafia in the city."

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Traders Get A Month's Time To Pay MCD

Traders in the city now have a month's time to pay conversion charges to ensure their establishments are not sealed. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has also decided to come up with the rates that the local shop- ping centres need to pay.

HT, on May 28, had report- ed about the fact that although the MCD had decided to start the sealing drive, it had not informed the traders how much they were supposed to pay.

"Traders can pay conversion charges till June 30. We have decided that no units will be sealed until then," said MCD's Additional Commissioner R.K.Srivastava. Several councillors had raised the issue of sealing at a meeting of the standing com- mittee. The new chairman of the MCD standing committee, Yogender Chandolia, had said traders who wanted to pay the conversion fee should be given time to do so. "The system of collecting the charges at the MCD zones should be stream- lined. We do not want to put additional burden of sealing on the citizens," he said.

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DERC Rejects Discoms' Tariff Hike Demand

In a major setback to the power distribution companies in the Capital, the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has once again rejected the contentions of discoms seeking hike in power tariff. Hardening its position on the ongoing faceoff over the power tariff dispute, the DERC has shot off letters to all three private discoms rejecting their arguments point-by-point, demanding an increasing in the rates. 

 

The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission also sent a letter to the Government, believed to be sympathetic to the demands by the discoms, strongly objecting to any hike in tariff. The letters to discoms as well as to the Government from the DERC came days after a top official in the Chief Minister's office said genuine demands of the discoms must be addressed by the regulatory board while finalising the new electricity rates.

In its letter to Tata backed discom - NDPL - the DERC said the company made a profit of Rs 468.82 crore in 2009-10, which increased from Rs 169.60 crore in 2004-05, an increase of 176 per cent. The regulator also charged NDPL of giving "figures without any basis" in its representation to the Government demanding a hike while ignoring the fact that the audited accounts for 2009-10 showed a cash profit of Rs 468.82 crore. 

Also rejecting the discom's arguement that banks have refused to lend money to the company for its poor financial position, DERC said credit rating agency ICRA has given NDPL high credit quality rating for its healthy financial position.

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No Right To Probe Cops : RTI Activist Harassed By Police ?

Thirty-two year old Goverdhan Singh has paid a heavy price for running a campaign against corruption in his native district of Bikaner.

 

A 100 Right to Information (RTI) applications filed by him exposed corruption in banks and government departments, but things got uncomfortable for Goverdhan when he asked questions about the properties and assets of police personnel. Overnight there were nine FIRs lodged against him.

"As soon as I filed an RTI application against the police, they started putting cases against me, so that I stop my activism," said Goverdhan..

The police also raided his house, seized his car and locked his office. Goverdhan's family members say they are being constantly harassed.

"The police threaten us. They say they will kill my son in an encounter," says Goverdhan's wife The People's Union for Civil Liberties investigated the matter and came back with a report of extreme police high-handedness, forcing the government to transfer the Bikaner SP. But surprisingly, even now the role of the police is being investigated by the police themselves.

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"Initially the local police station was probing the case, now it will be probed by a Deputy SP," said Bikaner SP, Habib Khan Goran.

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