Ask any old customer ( broadband, Vsat etc.) of VSNL when it was a public sector and later sold to TATA tele services. They will tell you the difference. It is a myth that private sector is better more so in public utility management. Ask any customer who has switched over from public sector company to a private sector company in any field- banking, public utilities, telecom, insurance,mining etc., Srinath
--- On Sat, 2/21/09, Muralidhar Rao <[email protected]> wrote: From: Muralidhar Rao <[email protected]> Subject: CAF3001 Re: Mysore JNNURM water project 24 X 7 To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 12:13 PM Rs 10 crores for 5 lakh households is just Rs 200 per household. And, for that, if you can 24X7 water-supply, I should think any citizen will be more than happy to make the payment. The Bhyrappa's of this world, who are only keen on scuttling the project in order to further vested interests, will naturally project it in ways that suit them. Anyone wanting to support Bhyrappa's cause can perhaps add a new twist with a conspiracy theory involving Manivannan and the repository of all that's evil - the World Bank Muralidhar Rao On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 8:00 PM, Vinay Baindur <[email protected]> wrote: A congress corporator was elected as Mayor of Mysore yesterday and a JD(S) one is the Deputy Mayor All the Machinations of BJP for horse trading and operation Kamala was a failure. It would be helpful to keep a close watch on the actual situation since many local residents are also keenly watching Just like the KUWASIP experiments in Hubli - Dharwad were on the condition of World Bank, those who know can inform that MoUD played the major role in the 24 X 7 project coming to Mysore making the taxpayers to pay Rs 10 crs more for project. We now know more about the actual situation in Jamshedpur from the comments of Bhyrappa. On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Muralidhar Rao <[email protected]> wrote: This is primarily Congress Corporator, Bhyrappa's view, and only to be expected from the typical opposition politician that he obviously is. The project has been initiated by none less than the redoubtable Manivannan, who would definitely have done enough home-work to ensure equity. Here's clearly another example of how people with vested interests perpetuate the status-quo. Welcome to the debate at http://mysore.praja.in/blog/silkboard/2008/12/04/tata-arm-bags-mysore-water-supply-project#comment-11427 Muralidhar Rao On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:07 PM, Vinay Baindur <[email protected]> wrote: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4156515.cms Another hurdle in JNNURM water project 19 Feb 2009, 2138 hrs IST, TNN MYSORE: The JNNURM project to remodel water distribution network in the city is heading for trouble. After people protested against the move to hand over the management of the water distribution network to Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (JUSCO), a Tata enterprise, the Mysore City Corporation, the nodal agency, is now facing opposition from corporators. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, B L Bhyrappa from the Congress said he is opposed to the move. This comes after the MCC took the members to Jamshedpur to familiarise them about JUSCO's management of water services at the steel city in Jharkhand. It was deputy commissioner P Manivannan who identified the Tata company to execute the project. After the opposition to the tripartite agreement between the MCC, Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWS&DB) and the JUSCO, some corporators were taken there. "We were shown the facility and also introduced to the JUSCO's handling and management of various facilities,'' he stated. According to him, water management at Jamshedpur is not satisfactory. In planned areas, water is supplied 24x7 and the bill is a minimum of Rs 200 a month. At slums, borewell water is supplied through public taps. In case water connection is required by the slum dwellers, they need to pay Rs 10,000. There is no government control over handling of the facilities at Jamshedpur including water and electricity, he stated. Terming it as privatization of the public utilities, Bhyrappa said the JUSCO does not have social concern since it has not extended the UGD connection of slums and does not supply water to them. "Do we need such an utility to operate our system?" he asked. This comes after protests at the MCC recently when prominent citizens voiced their opposition to the deal according to which the JUSCO will take over the management and handle it for six years. The Tata company is scheduled to get the management by April-end which has been opposed. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
