On 3 September 2010 12:56, Peter D'Costa <[email protected]> wrote: > I really apreciate comments made by Frederick. We should have more people > like him in Saligao to expose the > the so called public servants (govt.staff). No one is concerned about the > wellfare of goans. > Thank you for appraising us the actual situation in Goa In fact I was > trying despateratly to call to my people in saligao last week,and I was > unable to get in touch with them.
Hi Peter, My "contribution", if any, has been only at the theoretical level, since I am not much of a "man of action" nor a good community organiser. But we can all try to lend our two paisa bit, in our common search for a solution over matters that affect us all. I'm sure we will find our own way of contributing to the common cause. Below is a Right to Information application I sent in to the BSNL, about 3 days ago. While officials try to dodge such queries, and a lot of persistence is needed to get relevant replies (which I lack too), we can always keep trying in "sending the message across". FN PS: Thanks to the Central Government's initiatives, it's very easy to make an RTI application these days. For Central Government departments, all one has to do is to go to the General Post Office in Panjim, and pay a fee of Rs 10 (there is no charge even for the postage!) For State government departments, it's even easier. You can paste a court-fee stamp for Rs 10 on the application, and post it via registered post. If by chance you address it to the wrong department, it is the DUTY OF THE recipient to re-route it to the right department! * * * 784 Saligao 403511 Goa [email protected] Phone +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 >From Frederick Noronha Freelance Journalist House No 784 Near Lourdes Convent Saligao 403511 Bardez Goa August 30, 2010 Phone 0832.2409490 Mobile 9822122436 Date: August 31, 2010 Subj: Right to information To, The Public Information Officer BSNL-Goa 403001 Goa. Sir/Madam, Sub: Application under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (Central Act No. 22/2005). I wish to apply for the following information, under the Right to Information Act (Central Act 22 of 2005): Number of days in August and September 2010 during which the Saligao Exchange was non-functional? Reason for this breakdown of service? By when will the current breakdown by repaired (all phones in the vilage have beenun-operational for the ast 4 days or so. Whether any responsibility was fixed for the accidental fire? Whether the Saligao Exchange (and other exchanges) are protected by staff, and if so, why was action not promptly taken in this case? Amount of loss suffered by this incident? List of cases of fires in telephone exchanges in the past 2 years. Whether the department has any plans to retain watchment or night-staff to take care of the taxpayers' money that goes down the drain by accidents such as this. I am herewith paying the application fee (Rs 10). If you are of the view that the above requested information does not pertain to your department, then please follow the provisions of Section 6(3) of the RTI Act 2005. Also, as per the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005, kindly provide the details (including name and designation) of the first appellate authority w.r.t. your reply to the above request, before whom I may, if required, file my first appeal. Thanking you, Sincerely yours, [Frederick NJ Noronha] -- This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" 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/saligao-net?hl=en Please post regularly to keep the e-village active!
