--------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. ---------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN holds awareness action on RTI Act at Mapusa ----------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN held an awareness action on Thursday at Mapusa to promote the benefits of the Right To Information Act 2005 among citizens and to highlight the importance of transparency and accountability in Government Departments.
Volunteers from Consumer Forums carrying coloured flags & placards distributed information slips on RTI, answered queries from the general public and also made available the RTI Act in English and Marathi. The action held at the Govt. Office Complex Mapusa was part of the Right To Information Awareness Fortnight being observed by GOACAN from 12th October to address the need for awareness on RTI as well as to petition the Goa Govt. to fulfill its duties with respect to the Act. A GOACAN delegation met the Deputy Collector & SDM Mr.D.M. Redkar and requested him to enforce the compulsory display of boards with the details of PIO's & FAA’s in all the offices of Government Departments & Corporations operating in his jurisdiction. The delegation also requested him to take steps to publicize the salient features of the Act through Adverts on Hoardings and wall painting at Bus Stands, Primary Health Centres, Police Stations and all Village Panchayats in Bardez Taluka. The delegation also met the Block Development Officer Mr.Shivprasad Naik and impressed upon him the need to implement Section 4 of the RTI Act regarding Obligations of Public Authorities in all the Village Panchayats of Bardez as the Panchayat Secretaries are the Public Information Officers (PIO's). Later GOACAN submitted representations to Mr.Auduth Naik Civil Supplies Inspector, Ms. Sarita Gadgil Commercial Tax Officer, Mr. Umesh Kulkarni PWD Executive Engineer and Mr. Satish Vaghonkar Assistant Labour Comissioner requesting display boards giving details of APIOs, PIOs and First Appellate Authority under the RTI Act be installed in their respective offices and copy of the Citizens Charter also be made available at their Mapusa office. Copies of the representation are being sent to the Chief Secretary, Chief Information Commissioner and Director Department of Information & Publicity. ------------------------------------------------------------ GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK ----------------------------------------------------------- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa ----------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mail: [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------------
