Freinds ,
Here is An Article in Todays Deccan Herald . The Entire Effort & Credit Goes to
An Young Man Mr Kalidas Reddy A Resident who Has Exentsively Used RTI to Cull
out this Embelzzement & Fraud Carried out By the Member of Parliament .
Please Read the Article
WHO BUILT THESE SHELTERS?
By G Manjusainath , DH News Service , Deccan Herald Bangalore 29 Sept 2008
Have you ever heard of a bus shelter under mPLAD Scheme constructed on the
"Build operate & transfer "(BOT) and Develop operate & tansfer (DOT) basis ?
Well, this is the marvel of the BBMP . the bus shelters in question were to be
at Ulsoor, Indiranagar, Kensigton Town, Binnamagala, & old Madras Road but
only three have come up so far.
The million dollar question is "Whose Baby is it? Does it belong to the BBMP or
the expelled BJP MP H T sanagliana.
While BBMP Floated tenders last year in october for construction of the Bus
shelters at ulsoor, Indiranagar , Kensigton Road & old Madras Roadf , The same
were to be done under the MPLADS on the Reccommedation of Sangliana in October
2005 .
On the MP' recommandation the then Deputy commissioner of Bangalore Urban
district M A Sadiq had given administrative approval for the construction of
the bus shelters on january 18, 2006
MISSING BUS SHELTERS
But till the end of 2007 , there were no bus shelters at those places. In this
regard Deccan Herald Published a report last year on august 27 titled "Despite
aid , bus shelters remain unsheltered!' subsequently a team Headed by the
Assistant Commissioner visited the locations to see "missing bus shelters" (On
Orders of Karnataka Information Commission)
As the matter was in progress , sangaliana shot off a letter to sadiq
requesting him to cancel the sanction due to the reason of wrong selection of
spots . Interestingly , the BBMP came into picture on November 26,2007 , which
floated tenders for bus stops at Ulsoor , Kensigton town, & old madras Road .
People of Ulsoor say the BBMP made the Bus shelters but what had happened to
the administrative sanction given by Sangliana's Proposal for bus shelters in
all the places , remains a mystery .
Sangliana said , he had asked the DC Sadiq to cancell the sanction. "the BBMP
had some plans about the designs of the bus shelters , so they wanted to
construct it. I did not follow up what had happened to my letter asking the
Urban DC to cancel the Sanction," Said Sangliana.
On the other hand , the DC of Bangalore Urban M A Sadiq said he has no idea
about the case . "It was long back when i gave administrative sanction to the
bus shelters. I am no more the DC of Bangalore Urban > I have no idea what has
happened ," said Sadiq. He admitted that the MP can withdraw the Proposal under
MPLADS even after administrative sanction is given but not after the
construction starts .
However , a letter written by Executive engineer of the Pancyath Raj
Engineering Division , dated April 5 , 2007 says that the Fabrication work for
remaining five bus shelters is in Progress.
What happened to the ' Five fabricated bus shelters' is a mystery. There is no
one to answer where the fabricated bus shelters were dumped.
NO AMENITIES
The Bus shelters in question have no amenitites . Even though several heavy
weights are behind the construction of the bus shelters , it neitheir have
seats for commuters nor light. " It is an adda (meeting Point) of Miscreants in
the night in absence of light". People fearv to go these bus stops> The BMTC
too is apathetic as buses are not stopped at these bus shelters" , said Kaldas
Reddy , one of the Residents who fought for the Bus Shelters.
N vikramsimha , KRIA Katte & Trustee MHAK, #12 Sumeru Sir M N Krishna Rao Road
, Basvangudi < Bangalore 560004.
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