Eventsand activities in Dwarka

MK Gupta,
RTI Consultant
& Media Advisor - Dwarka Forum


THANA LEVEL COMMITTEE FOR DWARKA THANA (Sec. 23)
To promote interaction between the Police and the Public, Thana Level Committees have been constituted. The members for Dwarka Thana at Sector 23 are:
Mr. Sumesh Shokeen, MLA, Chairman, Vijay Pandit and Rajesh Gehlot , Coucillors, MCD, Mukesh Sinha, Editor, Dwarka City, Rajeev Shukla, SDM, M.S.Randhwa, ACP, Bhagwan Singh, SHO, Dinesh Mudgal, Advocate, Dr. L.K. Barua, Ramesh Kumari, Principal, Shiksha Bharati School, Jaideep Dhankar, D.P. Bajpai, President, RWA, Sec-6, Rani Gulia, Sec. 19, Kusum Sharma, President, Ladies Progressive Committee, Kanchan Kapoor, NGO, Muskan, Madasn, JJ cluster Sec-7. (Courtesy- Dwarka City, Volume 5). Residents may take help from these members in case they are dissatisfied on the action taken by the police on their complaints. Courtesy- Dwarka City.
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HOUSING SOCIETIES CANNOT CHARGE MORE THAN Rs. 10/- AS RTI FEE

In Dwarka, there are hundreds of Group Housing Societies and the information can be sought from these Group Housing Societies under the RTI Act. But to blunt this provision, some societies have started to adopt devious means. One of some such society is Nav Sansad Vihar, Sector 22, Dwarka as its President Mr. Joginder Singh issued a office memo on 30.08.09 that every RTI application should enclose a cheque/draft of Rs. 15,000 “to pay not only for legal advice but also for all expenses incurred in the collection and compilation of information as well as other legal expenses”. This was in contravention of RTI Act wherein only 10- rupee is payable as fee. A resident has challenged this order and in the ruling, the Society was directed to provide information by charging Rs. 10 only as fee.

Reacting to the development, Delhi High Court Advocate Ashok Chaitanya said that this is the right step and after this, the societies will refrain from charging fee at their whims and fancies.
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DDA TO ISSUE NOTICE TO MUTHOOT GROUP FOR DELAY IN HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION

In reply to an RTI application filed by Dwarka Forum, the Delhi Development Authority (Institutional Land) has informed that the notice is being issued to the Muthoot Group to explain delay in the construction of Hospital. The DDA allotted a plot in Sector 10 to Muthoot Group in June, 2004 for the construction of Super Specialty Hospital

According to the terms of allotment, the group was to construct the hospital building within 5 years from the date of handing over the physical possession which is already over but not even a single brick has been laid. The plot is being used of functions, meetings, Satsangs and learning driving while the Dwarkaites are crying for health facilities. Informed sources claim that this plot has changed hands four to five times and at present is in the hands of few property agents, the telephone numbers on the board at hospital site have been painted to hide them which indicates that something is suspicious and an inquiry will reveal the fact.

On the other hand, the first phase of Delhi Government Super-Specialty hospital of 500-bed in the first phases should be completed by the tentative date of August, 2010 but no activity is seen on the ground so far despite the claim made by the Delhi Health Minister, Ms. Kiran Walia has announced that the work is in progress there.

At present, for indoor treatment, the Dwarkaites either have to go to Mata Chanan Devi Hospital, Janak Puri, DDU Hospital, Mayapuri, Spinal Hospital, Vasant Kunj, AIIMS and Safdarjung or have to go to some private hospital locally available private hospital which are notorious to exploit such an emergency for their financial gains. In an emergency, the precious time is lost and at time, this becomes fatal. Now, population of Dwarka is over 5-lakh which will increase rapidly with the allotments of pending flats.

In Dwarka, there are some other sites also where for years, only the boards of Local Shopping Centre or Nursing Homes and so on are display without any activity to complete these projects. Residents appeal to the authorities to awake from slumber and do the needful.

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