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Minutes of the meeting held between Kalyan Samiti and Civic Authorities during the visit of Mr. Santosh Kumar Yadav,
District Magistrate, Ghaziabad on 27th
June, 2004 in Shalimar Garden
The event was hosted by Shalimar Garden Kalyan Samiti at A-177,
Shalimar Garden Main between 11.00 AM and 2.00 PM. From the residents’ end, the
Samiti had invited office bearers of A, B and C Block
Welfare Associations from Extn-2 and Shalimar Housing Complex to express their
views and bring civic problems to the notice of the authorities. The event was
a grand success with more than 200 participants.
At the outset, the Chairman of the august Samiti Mr. Nirmal Sharma extended
warm welcome to the District Magistrate and his team of officials, representatives from block-wise associations,
and the residents to the event. He then
invited representatives from Block-wise Associations to brief the civic issues
in their respective blocks to the officials. Representatives from Rajendra Nagar (Sector-2) and Janakpuri, also joined the delegation.
In addition to the various civic issues as detailed
in the presentation given by the Samiti, The
block-wise Associations touched upon the following points :
* Complete
the remaining 25% of 80 ft. Road connecting Bhopura
Road and Seema Puri
* Shift
Jean and Dye Units away from Janakpuri
PRESENTATION BY SHALIMAR GARDEN KALYAN SAMITI
On behalf of the Kalyan Samiti, a team comprising Mr. Pradeep
Gupta, President, Mr. J. Suriyanarayanan, General
Secretary and Mr. Gopal Bubna,
Executive Member gave a LCD Presentation titled “Civic Issues in Shalimar
Garden” during the event:
Issues covered in the presentation and response from
concerned officials are as follows:
• Regular & Enhanced Power Supply
Samiti’s demands :
-
Average Power Supply
now is 16 hours a day, which is to be enhanced
-
Additional Transformers
with enhanced capacity at Sub-station
-
Separate Water Feeder
at Nistalli Sub-station
-
Uninterrupted power
supply to Tila Mode and Water Tank Area
-
Legal Action against
Direct Power Connection from High Tension lines without Transformer
Response
from Mr. Sanjay Sharma, SDO, UPPCL
- The
Corporation will make efforts to give power supply for 20 hours at least
-
Two Transformers of 440
KVA will be installed near Plot No. S-8 and 473, Shalimar Garden Extn-1
before
31st July, 2004.
- Separate Water Feeder will be ready
before July 31, 2004
-
Kalyan
Samiti agreed to cooperate to recover dues from
defaulters
-
However, Mr. Sanjay
Sharma did not reply about direct connections without transformer (?!)
• Clean and Enhanced Drinking Water
-
Additional Water Tank
for Shalimar Garden Main
-
Supply may be Twice a
day instead of only once a day
-
Quality of Pipes to be
checked and repaired/ replaced
Response
from Mr. R.B. Maurya, Mukhya
Nagar Adhikari (MNA)
The
demands will be considered favourably.
• Maintenance of Drainages, Street Lights
& Cleaning of Streets
-
Nagar
Nigam may deploy enough labours
for maintenance
-
Open drains/ man-holes,
nalas to be covered
-
Enough Dust-Bins to be
provided (preferably bio-degradable and non-biodegradable)
Response
from Mr. R.B. Maurya, Mukhya
Nagar Adhikari (MNA)
-
From July 1, 2004, 24 Safai Karamcharis will be posted
to Shalimar Garden for cleaning work and their
wages will be released on receipt of a
performance certificate from the Samiti
-
A “Sewa
Kendra” will be opened near Police Chowki and all the
Safai Karamcharis will
report at the
Kendra on daily basis
- Broken/ open Man-holes will be closed
on immediate effect
- Cleaning of Nalas
is under process and an Inspector will be deployed to review the position
•
Issue of Ration Cards
Response from District Supply Officer
-
Ration Cards will be
issued from the office located at Flat No. 129, Sector-15, Vasundara
between
10.00
AM and 02.00 PM between Monday and Friday, on production of Deletion
Certificate (or) employee
Identity
Card in case of Government employees
- A camp will be organized on July 10, 2004
• Updation of
Voters List & Issue of Voter I-Cards
Response from Mr. Rakesh
Chandra, ADM (E)
-
Mistakes in the Voters
I Cards will be corrected on production of corrected information along with
present
Voters
I-Card at the Tehsil
- and fresh cards will be issued on the next
day
- Online photography system is being
introduced
-
Kalyan
Samiti shall prepare a list of all eligible voters
and submit the same at the Tehsil, along with
Form-6,
dully filled in by the
Voters
• Emerging need for a Full Fledged Police
Station
-
A Police Station with
separate SHO is needed
-
Police Verification to
the Chowkidars forwarded earlier to be done
-
Response from Mr. Jay Narain
Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)
Action in this regard is being initiated.
• Quick completion of Sewer Project
Internal
Sewer Pipes have not yet been laid in Shalimar Garden Main,
which
may be expedited at the earliest
Response
from Mr.Srivastava, EE, GDA
- This will be completed soon
• Waste Management / Waste Disposal
- Sanitory
Inspector and Health Officer to visit the colony often
- Suitable Mechanism may be worked out to
dispose garbages
Response from Mr. R.B. Maurya, MNA
-
The demands will be
considered favourably
-
Regarding Garbage
Dumping Ground, MNA made a request to the DM on the floor to earmark such a
space
• Maintenance of Parks
- The Parks may be provided with plantations,
submersible pumps, power supply etc.
• Introduction of “Bhagidari”
Scheme
• Primary Health Centre (PHC)
(Plot No. A-101, Shalimar
Garden Main has been earmarked for PHC in the Master Plan approved by GDA)
•
Post Office
Response from District Magistrate
DM will write a letter to the
concerned Post Master in due course. Kalyan Samiti may be in touch with DM
Office in this regard.
• Telephone Exchange
• Community Hall
Response from MNA MNA agreed
to the need of a Community Hall in the colony and requested the
DM to explore the
possibilities of such provision through the MP/ MLA’s local Area development
fund
• Rain Water Harvesting – Pressing Need
• Shifting of Liquor Shop from the Colony
- DM instructed concerned officials to
take suitable action in this regard.
• “Shalimar” Garden turned into “Slum” Garden
• Unhygienic Condition at the entry part from
Seema Puri Border
• Violation of TRAI Norms by Cable Service
Providers
-
DM
instructed the Department to constitute a Committee to undertake a Survey in
this regard and collect
revenue
dues
•
Commercial Activities in Residential
Plots
-
Secretary, GDA
assured to look into this matter and take suitable action at his level. A
separate meeting with Secretary, GDA will be fixed in due course
•
“Code on
Access to Information” - Request for
Circulation of Orders
REMARKS BY DISTRICT MAGISTRATE
The District Magistrate (DM) Mr. Santosh
Kumar Yadav appreciated the sincere efforts put-in by
the Shalimar Garden Kalyan Samiti
and especially the presentation. He also encouraged the residents to make
infrastructure for Rain Water Harvesting. DM expressed his concern about
a huge outstanding dues from the residents towards power consumption,
house/water tax etc and requested the citizen to make their payment dues well
in time to enable the Administration to provide required infrastructural
facilities to the colony.
DM also appreciated the Samiti’s
suggestion for “Bhagidari” Scheme and “Garbage
Removal System” and assured that both will be looked into genuinely.
Regarding dye and jeans units, DM informed that those units will shortly be
shifted to the Apparel Zone specially meant for polluting units coming up in Loni.
Mr. Yadav also expressed
that the Administration is working on the possibility of announcing a day,
preferably 20th of every month when all the authorities will be out
to plant tree saplings. DM advised the Samiti to
mobilize funds locally, get saplings planted on the same day.
While assuring the residents that all the
requirements/ demands will be considered favourably
in due course, DM suggested that the consumers should not be default in
payments.
At the end, Mr. Nirmal
Sharma extended vote of Thanks to DM and his team of officials and all
the residents, on behalf of the Samiti. Letter
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