Tuesday, January 28, 2014

ANAND VIHAR – the two sides – brighter & darker; positive & negative ! : T K Balu


        Anand Vihar, the second biggest cooperative housing society, the first one being Surajmal Vihar, in East Delhi, is endowed with all facilities and needs normally expected by people who are residing and wish to shift to this most sought after colony from all corners of Delhi! Of course the colony has its own darker spots too, which cause and expected to cause, with the passage of time, a lot of problems to the residents!

          On the brighter side, the colony founded in 1975, covering an area of 90 acres of land bestowed by the DDA and divided into four blocks for residential and provided requisite sites for institutional and other purposes. It has a record number of 903 independent residential plots, which are now growing into a ‘flatted’ colony, accommodating over 20,000 young and old people, with a total greenery environment! The colony has 14 parks, big and small, a neighbourhood park and two slots of ‘green belts’, both maintained by DDA,  5 tot-lots, 7 schools, right from nursery to senior secondary; DDA markets in each block, almost all nationalized and private banks, in and around, hospitals and nursing homes, a community hall and club for recreational, social and cultural activities, a post office, police station etc. and last but not the least, considered to be a ‘transport hub’ with railway terminal and suburban stations, ISBT and DTC buses and metro trains, unheard of at any one location in Delhi! It is difficult to compare in contrast any other residential areas in Delhi!

          To manage and extend all assistance to the residents, the RWA, known as the Railway Board Employees’ Cooperative Society Ltd., registered under the Delhi Cooperative Society Act way back in 1961, is functioning effectively and efficiently, with no rancor or rival, for the last over four decades, in an admirable manner and inimitable style, with accolades and appreciation of one and all, including the Govt. agencies. To keep in touch will residents, in and out, the Society publishes a ‘Residents’ Directory’, with all requisite details, supplemented with a lot of information and data, for ready reference by the residents, besides a booklet containing the ‘List of Members’ of the Society with their registration nos., dates of birth, contact nos. etc., to greet and meet each other, with the munificence of one of the founder Secretaries of the Society! The local MLA and Councillor also patronize the colony in many ways within their powers bestowed by the local Govt. Of course, the Society has also taken a number of laudable measures towards the security and safety of residents, but despite all such steps, dacoity, thefts and rampant chain snatching continue to take place, mainly perhaps due to its extensive area and innumerable outlets, in all directions, and proximity to adjacent state territory, beyond the capital’s jurisdiction!!


          On the flip side, of course, there are many problems, built-in or otherwise, being faced by the residents. These form the ‘darker side’ of the colony, with no short term solutions in sight! The colony has one of the few biggest overhead water tank constructed in seventies and utilized till early eighties, but now abandoned to be demolished for which no action has been taken so far by the authorities concerned which may cause a havoc and calamity in the colony if it crumbles and fall! The parks and markets are not maintained properly and cleaned as a regular measure by the authorities concerned, but thanks to a few ‘Samaritans’ who are passionate about their maintenance! Owing to extensive building activities throughout the colony, the streets are strewn with malba etc. causing a havoc to cleanliness of the roads. Uncleaned storm water drains in front of houses cause overflowing of dirty water, making it a fertile ground for growth of mosquitoes and their attended menace! With the vertical growth of the colony, parking of vehicles is assuming a bigger problem congesting the colony roads and lanes and leading to  many a time vocal and physical combats amongst the people. No action whatsoever has been taken to remove encroachments on roads with kitchen gardens, barricades and elevated ramps, accentuating the parking problems further! Added with the colony’s ‘vertical’ growth, shortage of  electric power and water problems, manifest in many shades and hues! There is no place for children to play inside the colony and the school authorities refuse to let their playgrounds being used by them, outside the school hours, despite a mandate from the DDA in this respect, while allotting the school plots to their management! With the expansion of the railway terminal on one side of the colony, commuters to the terminal pass through the colony in all modes of transport, making it a thoroughfare, disturbing the peace and tranquil atmosphere of the Vihar! Of course, all this and more, are creation of humans and could be solved smoothly and successfully by the agencies concerned if they pay adequate and desired timely attention urgently!

T K Balu

Suggestion to Delhi Traffic Police

The Commissioner
Delhi traffic police
Sub:Suggestion to increase the average  speed of traffic on ring road from Maharani bagh to Dhaula quan.
Sir, There are number of flyover on this stretch of ring road.The dtc buses stops on bus stops before the start of fly over  & then climb the flyover to cross the intersection & again stops on the next bus stop ahead of the fly over.In the process there is clash of vehicles obstructing  the smooth flow of traffic leading to slow movement of vehicles.This can be avoided if the buses are asked to keep to left ,not to use the fly overs,use the traffic signal instead of flyovers to cross the road.By this ,the other vehicles which do not have to stop again & again will be able to move faster.When the average  speed of all the vehicles is increased it will increase the speed of buses also & will compensate the time lost on the red lights.
With regards
Dr VK Agarwal
A-7 East of kailash new delhi 110065.

Tagged by Sh Naresh Lamba ji



Monday, January 27, 2014

13th Rotary On The Spot Poster Painting Competition

SUB: Invitation For Participation in 13th Rotary On The Spot Poster Painting Competition - Organised by Rotary Club Of Delhi South West On Feb 2, 2014 at ARSD College , Atma Ram Sanatan Dharam, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi


Date :         Sunday, 2nd February 2014
Time :         11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Venue :       ARSD College, Ring Road, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi. 
                    (Atma Ram Sanatan Dharam College)
We are organising 13th 'Rotary on the Spot Poster Painting (+ one line message) Competition' as per the details mentioned above. This competition is organised every year where more than 3500 children participate from all the schools of Delhi and NCR. Entry is free & open to all children.
These paintings would be used for exhibition/ publicity for creating awareness in the society.
please visit: www.RotaryDelhiSouthWest.org and register for individual or group participation. On the Spot Registrations will also be available on the Venue (please bring your School ID Card or Age Proof). For any enquiry please write to mail id: RotaryPosterPainting@gmail.com
Participation Certificate, Polio Cap & refreshment will be given to all the children. 15 prizes per age group will be awarded, the entries will be evaluated by a panel of eminent judges. The judges’ decision will be final and binding. Awardees will be felicitated at a separate function later.
You are requested to inform to the ,Art teacher and the students of the school about this competition. We are attaching  the posters of the event. There is no limit to the number of students participating from a school. We hope students from your school will participate in this competition.  School  with the Maximum number of Participation will be Awarded.
In case of any query or suggestion, please feel free to contact any of the co-ordinators.
Regards & Best Wishes
Your's Faithfully
For Rotary Club of Delhi South West

Rtn. Ranjan Chopra

Event Chairman
Message received from Sh Watwani ji.

TO All members of this BLOG

Elections in 2014 are  very close to us.We must choose right candidates as MP s and the right Party must win to avoid a hung Parliament-if not done we will witness  horsetrading of MPs  to get power by coalitions.

We are yet to see selfless,honest,service minded MPs  in our political scene. Men of character are of endangered species! almost all MPs are not bothered about preventing scams and scandals. a general frenzy prevails encouraging loot  of money belonging to the public and the govt. Non performing assets of public sector banks have reached mind boggling heights due to connivance of Banks Heads and politicians  in disbursing huge amount of loans to dishonest borrowers of doubtful integrity.Such loans are written of  as nonrecoverable.I wrote to the Governor of RBI.No response from him. Airindia is loaded with debts to Boeing airplane companies  and our airline is operating under heavy loss. markets of profit earning routes wer given away by our aviation ministry deliberately to Jet air and emirates.reason is to get kickbacks for private pockets.

Let us stop all such heinous malpractices.Our MPs barring a small group will not ask questions because they are also beneficiaries.

Can we all meet  under the banner  SMASH  -SOCIETY for MOVEMENT AGAINST SOCIAL HORRORS -?

Kindly come forward,we all have to wake up from our deep slumber  plus lethargy,inertia and indifference.

I await a massive response. we will  win if we decide to protect the future of our progeny.


Prof. S. Sitaraman,
Senior Vice President Amity University & 
Amity - Top US Universities Synergy Forum

Professor, Faculty of Management
Adviser Students' Welfare

Adviser, Amity Centre for Guidance & Counseling (ACGC)
Director, Amity Foundation for Ayurvedic sciences

Convener Students Satisfaction & Happiness Mission
H-6, G-1 A, Near Gate No. 4 A,  AmityUniversity Sec-125, NOIDA

NON LIFTING OF DESILTED MATERIAL BY PWD

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT PWD HAS CONSTRUCTED THE DRAIN OUTSIDE NAVRACHNA APPARTMENT IN EAST ARJUN NAGAR. THE COVERING OF DRAIN WORK WAS LEFT IN MIDWAY BUT AFTER CONTINUOUS PURSUATION THE WORK WAS COMPLETED.BEFORE COVERING THEY HAVE DESILTED THE DRAIN. 

SORRY TO SAY THAT DESILTED MATERIAL IS LYING NEAR THE ENTERANCE OF NAVRACHNA APPARTMENT UNDER WARD NO 225 IN EAST ARJUN NAGAR. WE ARE WAITING FOR THE SMALL WORK BUT WE ARE AT THE MERCY OF PWD KARKARDOOMA DIVISION. 

CHANDER MOHAN 
NAVRACHNA APPARTMENT 
EAST ARJUN NAGAR 
I AM SURE WITHOUT YOUR HELP IT WILL NOT BE DONE

Need HELP !

Dear Sir,

We have been operating in sector 7, market -2, R.K.Puram, New Delhi – 110022, more than 45 years and never have faced this kind of problem which we are facing from past 20 days.
The RWA of sector 7 has forcefully closed Six main entry gates of the colony through which people commute within the sector and market. Due to this forcefully closure of the gates we are losing business every day and it is difficult for us to operate with the entry and exit point being closed. 
The main gate just next to the market has been sealed completely which is illegal according to the letter D/664/SE(P)I (attachment) of Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Engineering Department. The Gate should be kept open from 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m in the night.
We have visited to the area SHO with this problem but they simply refused to help in this regard in any manner. We have tried talking to the RWA regarding this issue but they have refused to carr out any talks with the market association, and said that they will not allow opening this colony gate at any cost.

We request you to kindly help us in this regard.
Thanking you

Dheeraj Gupta
Sector 7, Market - II,  Association (R.K.Puram)
--
Dheeraj gupta
For
NAVAL BOOK DEPOT
Shop No.17 Sector VII,
Market No. II, R.K.Puram,
New Delhi - 110022.
Ph: 011 - 26175789, 26102425
Mob: +919811502232, +919891000048

Digging of road in Azad Nagar : HT


Sunday, January 26, 2014

Share your activities amongst RWAs of Delhi : RWABhagidari Blog

Share with us activities of your RWAs. It can be any article / news / pics published in any news paper or pics / vids clicked by you as a routine, for remembrance.

Just share with us pics of your Achievements, Medical camps, Sanitation drives, Social activities, Meetings, Cultural programmes, etc. etc. & we will try our best to upload it on the RWABhagidari Blog. 

Remember, RWABhagidari Blog, now has the widest reach to a large number of RWAs of Delhi & you can definitely reach alongwith to all these locations for spreading awareness on your range of activities.

This service to the society is absolutely FREE. So don't think any more & start mailing us at the earliest. Our E mail ID is : rwabhagidari@yahoo.in

RWA gets the Cleaning & Sanitation contract in South Delhi : Dainik Jagran