Dear Mathew, Here are some facts: I had sent the complaint in early May 2008 regarding the road in Koramangala, vide my complaint no. 2320. I got a call from some officer on 21 May 2008, followed by a letter signed by the Secretary, or on his/her behalf by H K Savitri referring to my complaint. The letter was dated 17 June 2008. In June 2008, the BBMP Chief Engineer called me up referring to the same letter and assuring that the work was being taken up immediately. Subsequently he came to my house with his Superintending Engineer, Executiver Engineer and Asst Exec Engineer and explained how they were going to take up the work (contractors and all). By October 2008 the road was completed. You are welcome to come and see it yourself. Transparency? Yes.
I looked up my files to dig out the infornation for you. There are no feelings involved, just hard facts and the logic that if we do not take a negative approach, we can get things done. Promod On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 8:42 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Exactly what am trying to do - use logic & facts. > > Sent from BlackBerry(R) on Airtel > > ------------------------------ > *From*: "Promod Kapur" > *Date*: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:13:34 +0530 > *To*: <[email protected]> > *Subject*: CAF2687 Re: Let us try this out in Bangalore > You know it all. Chose your weapon. > Promod > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 8:10 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> How does one "fight" a bunch of politicians' cronies chosen >> non-transparently? Let us work through the 4 estates and not fight among >> ourselves. Let us reason with sound logic & facts / data, not beliefs or >> feelings. >> >> Sent from BlackBerry(R) on Airtel >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From*: "Promod Kapur" >> *Date*: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:54:47 +0530 >> *To*: <[email protected]> >> *Subject*: CAF2683 Re: Let us try this out in Bangalore >> Early last year I tried, and in response I got a call from some one in >> the local government, I don't remember who it was. By late last year our >> road was completed. I do not know if there was a connection or not, but the >> fact that I got a call in response to my complaint I made on the internet >> shows that it is not a gimmick. It is sad that we have all been driven to >> mistrust any thing that the government might want to do positively- >> including setting up BATFs and ABIDEs. The answer Mathew is that we must >> fight on and try and work these bodies to deliver for what they have been >> set up for. I myself have little respect for the politicians and bureaucrats >> as a class, but there are those among them who are a little different from >> the flock. We do not need experts to run the day to day affairs, we need >> people with common sense and commitment. By the way, who amongst us is an >> expert in any field other than what we had been trained for? Yet we give our >> views, all of which are not junk. It is because we have gained by experience >> and association. By the way, remember that there was a time when we thought >> and believed that an Armoured Division should be commanded only by an >> armoured corps officer? The whole concept got changed, and today our career >> course has become so inclusive that an officer from any arm or service can >> operate effectively in a situation that he may not have been a specialist in >> , barring EME perhaps. >> >> Mistrust all the way will only beget mistrust and possibly frustration. So >> try again this route, may be this time you might not find it a gimmick. Who >> knows? >> >> Major Kapur >> >> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 7:23 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Tried. No use. Just a gimmick. >>> >>> Sent from BlackBerry(R) on Airtel >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From*: "Promod Kapur" >>> *Date*: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:38:58 +0530 >>> *To*: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; < >>> [email protected]>; Pranav<[email protected]> >>> *Subject*: CAF2680 Let us try this out in Bangalore >>> We should try this out. >>> >>> Major Kapur >>> >>> From: Mandaar Satwalekar <[email protected]> >>> To: undisclosed recipients: ; >>> Date: >>> Subject: Fw: Invitation from Govt of India.... >>> >>> >>> Take a shot at it. we could make a difference >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> Government of India has developed an 'Online Grievance Forum' @ * >>> http://pgportal.gov.in/* <http://pgportal.gov.in/>. Can you imagine this >>> is happening in INDIA? >>> >>> The govt. wants people to use this tool to highlight the problems they >>> faced while dealing with Government officials or departments like Passport >>> Office, Electricity board, BSNL/MTNL, Railways etc. >>> Many of us say that these things don't work in India.. >>> >>> Couple of months back, the Faridabad Municipal Corporation laid new roads >>> in his area and the residents were very happy about it. But 2 weeks later, >>> BSNL dug up the newly laid roads to install new cables which annoyed all the >>> residents. A resident used the above listed grievance forum to highlight his >>> concern. To his surprise, BSNL and Municipal Corporation of Faridabad were >>> served a show cause notice and the guy received a copy of the notice in one >>> week. Government has asked the MC and BSNL about the goof up as it's clear >>> that both the government departments were not in sync at all. >>> >>> So use this grievance forum and educate others who don't know about this >>> facility. This way we can at least raise our concerns instead of just >>> talking about the 'System' in India. >>> Invite your friends to contribute for many such happenings. >>> * >>> PLEASE SPREAD THIS MESSAGE IF U WANT OUR INDIA TO HAVE A BETTER TOMORROW >>> & FORWARD THIS MAIL TO AS MANY AS POSSIBLE* >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Citizens' Action Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/citizens-action-forum?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
