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Cabinet nod to revised guidelines for MLA’s discretionary funds
Provision for mixed land use in new Master Plan: Maken
Govt to develop Games village on Delhi land
Crime in Gurgaon: RWAs step in for police
Workshop on victims of sexual abuse
Bid to secure Gurgaon court complex
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600-year-old idol recovered, 2 held
‘Abhishek’s death not an accident’
Foggy days are here to stay
Campaign for teaching human rights launched
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Cabinet nod to revised guidelines for MLA’s discretionary funds
New Delhi, December 11 Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, while briefing the media after the Cabinet meeting, said guidelines for the MLA Local Area Development Scheme had been revised to make it more workable to help in the enhancement of pace of development works recommended by the MLAs concerned in Delhi. The scheme could now be converged with the central government, the state government and local body plan schemes. Wherever such a pooling is done, funds from other schemes, sources say, should be used first and the MLALAD/MPLAD funds should be released later so that the work gets completed. It has also been decided to permit 15 per cent of MLALAD amount on maintenance work. Apart from this, the restriction on the use of plan schemes has also been dispensed with. The MLALAD Scheme was started in 1994-95 when the fund under the scheme was Rs 1 crore per MLA per year. The limit was increased to Rs 2 crore in 2004-05. The Chief Minister further said a 1500 MW green power plant in Jhajjar would become operational in 2010-2011. A joint venture company was being set up by the NTPC with it being the majority stakeholder. The NTPC would also commission the operation and maintenance of the power plant. Fifty per cent of the power generated from the plant would be made available to Delhi. The Cabinet decided to increase IPGCL equity holding from 24.5 per cent to 25 per cent in the JVC as the NTPC would have 50 per cent equity holding and proportionally the equity of IPGCL and Haryana Power Gas Corporation Ltd (HPGCL) had been raised to 25 per cent each from the existing 24.5 per cent. The financial liabilities on account of 0.5 per cent would be Rs 35 crore and the earlier investment of approximately Rs 500 crore would now be around Rs 535 crore. |
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Provision for mixed land use in new Master Plan: Maken
New Delhi, December 11 “We have seen that whenever there is a private participation, there is development in terms of good buildings but in Delhi you see the old 2-3 storeyed structures which are planned and executed by the DDA’s faulty thought process. If Delhi cannot be developed horizontally, it should be developed vertically,” he was quoted as saying by the release. Mr Maken said, “Our Planning Implementation and Monitoring is faulty. India is a country where the culture of district centres and urbanisation cannot co-exist. There has to be mixed land use, hence no district centres. In January, 2007, we will bring a new Master Plan in which there will be a proposal of mixed land use for sure. And there will be no District Centre or Zonalization proposal.” “We will also ensure that all the shortcoming in the earlier plan like, for instance, the monopoly of the DDA will be addressed,” he added. He said that the MCD had become too powerful. “We should create smaller wards instead of 70,000 voters having one councillor, there should be 10,000 – 15,000 voters per ward. The political parties should not be allowed to participate in the municipal elections. The corporation elections should be contested by the RWAs and common men,” he said. He admitted that both MCD and DDA were full of corrupt officials and suggested that the corrupt officials should not be protected but dismissed. On sealing issue, he claimed that a majority of traders were given relief, as out of the total of seven lakh commercial establishments, only 1,700-1,800 had been sealed. |
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Govt to develop Games village on Delhi land
New Delhi, December 11 The Urban Development Minister of Delhi, Dr A. K. Walia, said that the village would be developed on the land owned by Delhi Government. The UP government’s land will be left open. The UP government wanted to sell its land on high rates to Delhi Government. However, the deal could not be worked out even after a number of meetings of senior officials from the agriculture departments of both the governments. The DDA, which has been assigned the task of developing the village, has invited for Request for Qualification (RFQ) from parties of repute for design, construction and development of residential apartments on the earmarked 11 hectares of land at the Games village under public-private partnership mode. The apartments would be constructed to accommodate about 8,000 international players who would take part in the Games, largely on a twin-sharing basis, Dr Walia said. Criticising the Delhi government’s decision not to acquire the UP land, the Delhi unit president of the Nationalist Congress Party, Mr Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, who is also a member of the DDA Committee, claimed that there would had been ample space for parking and recreation centres if the UP land had been bought. But this had not been done due to ‘lethargic attitude’ of Delhi Government as well as senior leaders of the Congress at the Centre, he alleged. The development of the village has already got delayed for six to seven months, Mr. Bidhuri claimed. For preparation of the Commonwealth Games, senior leaders had not been given the responsibility, he alleged. The task had been assigned to the Delhi Government only, he said citing this as the reason for the delay. |
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Crime in Gurgaon: RWAs step in for police
Gurgaon, December 11 A circular being distributed amongst the residents of South City-11, Malibu Towne, Rose Wood City, Mayfield Garden, Nirvana, South End Floors, Uppals South, etc, mentions 33-odd preventive measures to check crime in the city. It advised residents not to visit ATM outlet at night, avoid wearing valuable ornaments during morning and evening walk, not to speak with strangers -specially those who ask for address, change, etc -- and refrain from giving or taking lifts. The circular adds that the residents must not 'entertain' a stranger, especially a woman, inside the home and be aware of telephone numbers of fire department, police, hospital, neighbours, etc. The circulation issued by Mr V K Srivastava, president of RWA South City-11 and vice-president of Joint Action Forum of Resident Associations (JAFRA), has further stated that the residents must not allow their children to move alone and ensure that children do not take 'prasad', water/cold drink, etc from the strangers. It further suggested that the residents must not disclose their holiday plans to their maidservants or casual drivers, but inform their close friends and relatives. The residents must not open lockers and safes in front of their servants, maids, etc. Every resident must fill up the form for verification of their servants, drivers, maids, etc, the circular advised. The residents must keep vigil and inform the RWA concerned and police department if they find movement of any suspicious persons or things found neglected near their residence. The residents must hire the prepaid taxis during night-time from airport, railway station or bus stand. In case of small children, it is always better to reach the bus stop in advance while dropping and bringing them back, the circular advised. It adds that the residents must not pass phone number of any of their family members to unknown persons. |
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Workshop on victims of sexual abuse
New Delhi, December 11 Giving details of the
objective of the workshop, Dr Gaurav Aggarwal, Assistant Professor,
Forensic Department, Amrawati Medical College, Maharashtra, said 4 lakh
children in India were commercial sex workers. Of these, many are barely
10 years old. Inaugurating the workshop, additional commissioner in
MCD Mr K. D. Akolia said that a crime was committed against women every
three minutes, while a rape is committed every 29 minutes.
Unfortunately, only 20 to 30 per cent of the accused are convicted for
sexual assault. It is in this context that the medical examination of
sexually assaulted victim plays an important and crucial component for
prosecution. Hence, there was a need to train and sensitise medical
officers for conducting an accurate medical examination which serves as
an important evidence for higher rate of conviction, he said. According
to statistics, 17 criminal acts are committed against women and children
every hour in India. A majority of the accused are acquitted because of
lack of accurate evidence. The need of the hour is to conduct
scientifically accurate medical examination. Dr S. K. Verma, Prof,
Department of Forensic Science, GTB Hospital, Delhi University, said
there was a need to upgrade the skills of medical officers to conduct
scientific tests, record events accurately, document injuries, collect
forensic specimens and immediately report to law enforcing agencies to
increase the conviction rate. |
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Bid to secure Gurgaon court complex
Gurgaon, December 11 According to official sources, the need for augmenting the security cover was felt following discovery of glitches found during a mock security exercise conducted by the district police yesterday. The police have decided to increase the number of Close Circuit Television cameras from the present seven to 11. Also, more escape routes have been identified and additional police deployment will be made to plug them. Today, the police had made elaborate security arrangements in view of a perceived threat to the life of a notorious gangster from his rival gang in the area. The gangster was being produced in the court. The mock exercise yesterday was apparently in view of the threat to the gangster. He is from Durbaripur village and was recently shifted to Narnaul Jail from local Bhondsi Jail. Unofficial sources said that there were intelligence reports of a possible grenade attack on the gangster who is facing about half a dozen charges of heinous crime. More than a score of commandos and members of the Special Staff were posted in and around the court premises. The district police chief was also present on the occasion. |
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600-year-old idol recovered, 2 held
New Delhi, December 11 Weighing about 12 kg and 12 inch long, the idol was 600-year-old and worth Rs 5 crore in the international market, the police said. Following a tip-off, Khurshid Anwar was apprehended near Jama Masjid market area with a bag containing the antique idol. During interrogation, he allegedly revealed that one Kesar Ali from Seelampur, who was working as an advocate in local revenue court, had given the idol to him. Following this information, Kesar Ali was also apprehended. He revealed further that the idol was purchased by one property dealer of Ghaziabad Harish from a monk. |
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‘Abhishek’s death not an accident’
Gurgaon, December 11 The police department in Ranchi announced that the death was an accident in haste without verifying the truth, his father Subhash Chandra Mishra alleged. The family members also demanded a CBI probe into the incident. The family complained that his laptop and mobile phones had not yet been handed over to them to check out the details of calls and photos. Abhishek was accompanied by two men and a woman friend on the trip. Their reaction to the incident also raised doubts in their minds, said his sister. |
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Foggy days are here to stay
New Delhi, December 11 The minimum temperature yesterday was eight degree Celsius which was one degree below normal, while the maximum was at 22.4 degree Celsius, two degrees below normal. “It will be a mainly clear sky over the next 24 hours but the night temperature is likely to fall to seven degree Celsius,” a Met official said. |
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Campaign for teaching human rights launched
New Delhi, December 11 On this occasion, Ms Natasha Jain, the first Indian member of the international organisation, who is a student of class XI at Happy School, Darya Ganj, presented an Urdu edition of the booklet, ‘What Are Human Rights’ to the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari. Several Imams of other mosques from the adjoining states were also present at the function and promised to start human rights campaigns in their respective areas. |
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