DECCAN HERALD , APRIL 23,2010 FRIDAY , PAGE 3 
Bangalore DHNS: The dilapated community center at lakshmidevinagar would not 
have seen renovation if not for the efforts of women's Forum of Bangalore Slum.
After Repeated efforts to get the Community Center restored failed , Members of 
the Forum decided to take aid of Right To information Act. It was then Revealed 
that Rs 2.65 lakh had been Sanctioned by the karnataka Slum Clearance Board  
for Taking up Renovation work on the Community center 
Armed with the RTI Reply the Forum members approached the Contractor to Whom 
the Contract had been Awarded and Sought to Know the reason for the delay 
>pushed to the wall , the contractor expedited the task and completed the 
repair work . 
the success story of use of RTI to bring Justice to Public narrated by tulasi 
and mary of the Forum at a press conference by Organised Coalition of Civil 
Society Organisations in Bangalore. 
The Coalition A Forum of Human Rights and NGO's will Hold RTI clinic to Create 
Awareness about the importance of RTI on April 24 in Bangalore . The Clinic 
will be held in Cubbon Park , Opposite Press Club, Between 2 Pm to 4pm . For 
Details Call K Sudha 94820-50981,Manohar 9535037596

N vikramsimha ,TRUSTEE MHAK & KRIA Katte , #12 Sumeru Sir M N Krishna Rao Road 
, Basvangudi < Bangalore 560004.


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