New Peripheral Water Main commissioned from Malviya Nagar to Chirag Delhi; immediate increased water supply to Greater Kailash and Malviya Nagar

• New Peripheral Water Main commissioned from Malviya Nagar to Chirag Delhi
• A number of colonies in south Delhi will be benefited
• Project inaugurated today by Sh Kapil Mishra, Vice Chairperson, DJB in the presence of Sh Saurabh Bhardwaj, MLA and Sh R.S. Tyagi, Member Water Supply, Delhi Jal Board
• Work has been executed at a cost of Rs 4 Crores
• DJB engineers and the PPP Operator has work overtime to ensure that the people get benefit of the project in the summer season

The Delhi Jal Board today commissioned its new peripheral water main in South Delhi. It was inaugurated by Sh Kapil Mishra, Vice Chairperson, Delhi Jal Board, and Sh R.S. Tyagi, Member (Water Supply) Dehi Jal Board in the presence of the officers of of DJB, representatives of Malviya Nagar Water Services Pvt Ltd, the PPP operator of the area and people in large number . The length of this new peripheral water main is 3.5 kilometer and it runs from the Maviya Nagar Booster Pumping Station to Chirag Delhi. The total cost of the project is Rs 4 crores.

The engineers of the DJB have worked overnight to ensure that the project is completed in a record time and the benefits of the project reach the people in the summer season. It will lead to improvement in water pressure and will also take water to the new areas. Speaking on the occasion, Sh Kapil Mishra, Vice Chairperson of DJB, commended the officers of the Delhi Jal Board for the hard work put in by them to complete the project successfully in least possible time. He also congratulated the people of the area who will be benefited by this new line. The reiterated the commitment of the Government of NCT of Delhi under the dynamic leadership of Sh Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister Delhi and Sh Manish Sishodia, Deputy Chief Minister and Chairperson, DJB to provide water to each household in Delhi.

Sh Saurabh Bhardwaj, MLA thanked the Vice Chairperson of the DJB and DJB officers for completion of the project at the critical time by putting in extra efforts. Sh R.S. Tyagi, Member, Water Supply, Delhi Jal Board said that the DJB is working hard to increase the water production and its equitable distribution in the city. An elaborate summer action plan has been prepared and is being implemented to provide relief to the people in the critical summer months. Water conservation, better efficiency and prudent management of water has been the mantra of the Delhi Jal Board. He further said that from this water main line, a number of service lines will emanate which will carry water to the colonies which were not connected so far with the piped water supply network. It will bring a major relief to the people of the area who were dependent on tankers for the water needs.

Commissioning of this water main will immediately benefit a large area in south Delhi including Sadhna Enclave, Savitri Nagar, Seikh Sarai Ph-1, Soami Nagar and Chirag Delhi Village and many more. It will supply 10 million litres of water per day to about 50,000 residents of the area. Water will be supplied through this water main line from Malviya Nagar UGR for 6 hours a day, 3 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the evening.

Wazirabad Main Rising near ISBT damaged by DMRC, repaired within a record time period by AAP-led Delhi Government

• Wazirabad rising main near Qudesia Bagh near ISBT damaged by DMRC, repaired within a record time period .
• Water supply restored

The water rising main at wazirabad which was damaged on the night of 27^th May while DMRCwas carrying out the trenchless work for crossing the ring road near ISBT was repaired within the recored time and supply of the water was restored by delhi jal board. DMRC was carrying out the trenchless work for crossing Ring Road near ISBT. During their work, the above rising main was damaged by equipment crossing the road by the agency engaged by DMRC for trenchless work.

The CEO Delhi Jal Board Shri SS Yadav informed that on receipt of this information, Delhi Jal Board took immediate following steps to avoid loss of drinking water and to prevent damage to the existing properties and any other unforeseen mishap.

1. Stopped the plant within half an hour.
2. Isolated the water line within limited stretch so that minimum inconvenience is caused to the public in terms of water supply.
3. Engaged expert agency within 3 hours of the damage.
4. Informed to PWD for removal of their heavy structure for signage coming above the damaged water line.
5. Notify in various news papers about affected areas
6. Additional water tankers deployed in the affected areas.

Shri yadav further informed that the water rising mains from various water treatment plants are feeding to various reservoirs and areas. These rising mains are of bigger diameter and run round the clock with very high pressure to ensure that water supply reaches to the farthest end.

Shri yadav said that the Duplicate rising main emanating from Wazirabad WTP is 900 mm dia runs around 25 kms from Wazirabad to Greater Kailash and fills GK-I reservoir apart from serving area of CGO Complex, Darya Ganj, Walled City areas including Kashmiri Gate.

He said that there were following challenges before the Delhi Jal Board in restoration water supply of the affected areas as early as possible:

1. Removal of heavy structure of PWD constructed for signage. Hence, the officers of PWD were called at the site for removal of structure from the water line.
2. A bunch of telephone and power cables running over the water line which were supported with the help of temporary structure.
3. Existing waste water line of 350 mm dia running parallel and above the existing damaged line was also supported.
4. Depth of water line is around 15 feet deep below the average road level. Above this water line all the above services were running.

Despite of all the above difficulties and hindrances, Delhi Jal Board repaired this water line within a record time of 36 hours and restored water supply by doing work round the clock. All the senior officers remained at site and monitored the work. Three Hydra for supporting services and lowering of pipes, three submersible pumps to dewater water, and two JCBs for digging of trench were engaged apart from 25 skilled labours.

DMRC has been asked to compensate Delhi Jal Board and PWD for the above expenditure incurred due to their negligence

AAP Delhi PWD minister directs suspension of two engineers after road inspection

• PWD MINISTER CONDUCTS SURPRISE INSPECTION OF RANI JHANSI MARG IN SADAR BAZAR
• MINISTER DIRECTS SUSPENSION OF TWO ENGINEERS, REPATRIATION OF THE SE BACK TO CPWD
• LAPSES FOUND ON THE PART OF THESE OFFICERS, COLLUSION WITH THE CONTRACTOR ALSO

New Delhi: 30/05/2015

Delhi PWD minister Mr Satyendar Jain on Saturday conducted a surprise inspection of the Rani Jhansi Marg near Tyre Market in Sadar Bazar area of the national capital, following complaints of sub-standard construction work.

The minister found that poor quality work was going on in the construction of 600 metre drain on this road. Quality of concrete was not upto the mark, thickness of slabs had been unauthorisedly reduced and spacing of reinforcement had been wrongly increased.

Mr Jain directed suspension of the Assistant Engineer and the Junior Engineer for their lapses in supervision of the work and alleged collusion with the contractor for cheating the government in execution of a public work.

The minister directed repatriation of the Superintending Engineer responsible for this area back to the CPWD.  He was informed that the Executive Engineer had already been transferred by the department.

Mr Jain also directed the Quality Assurance (QA) team of the department to conduct a detailed inquiry to establish the extent of dereliction of the officials named and their alleged involvement in the lapses found in the execution of this work.

It was noticed during the inspection that a slab of the drain had been wrongly demolished, spacing of reinforcement was 200 mm against the approved design spacing of 125mm. The thickness of the slab was around 100mm as against the design thickness of 150mm.

The quality of concrete was also not upto the mark, since the concrete broke on slight hammering despite the concrete slab resting on sandstone slabs.

Aam Aadmi Party MLAs visit Ballabhgarh; to submit preliminary report to National Human Rights Commission

The four-member fact finding team of the Aam Aadmi Party which extensively toured the communal-riot hit areas in Ballabhgarh district of Haryana, has submitted its preliminary report to the party leadership.

The team comprising Delhi MLAs Naresh Balyan and Amanatullah Khan, along with party leaders Abhas Chandela and Feroz Khan, has been asked to prepare a detailed report by Sunday evening.

In its preliminary finding, the AAP team has informed the party that poor Muslims residing in Atali village of Ballabhgarh district were targeted when they were offering evening prayers at a small Mosque on May 25.

The AAP team has also found that the local Police did not try to diffuse the communal tension and allowed the Muslims to be targeted. The team was also told that no FIR has been registered in this case so far.

The party has decided to send the detailed report of its fact finding team to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) so that it could take cognizance of extremely shocking situation in the vicinity of the national capital.

The AAP condemns the BJP’s state government’s indifference towards the plight of riot victims, who were forced to flee their homes and spend nights in tents.

Media reports clearly show that the riot was orchestrated over a five year old dispute. The state machinery preferred to turn a blind eye and allowed perpetrators to unleash violence over helpless villagers. The Haryana government appears to be punishing the victims for their religious identity.

The AAP expresses its anguish at BJP’s Haryana government’s insensitive way of dealing with the situation and failure to maintain communal harmony in Haryana.

Aam Aadmi Party welcomes the Central Administrative Tribunal order striking down 2-member appointment committee of the Cabinet (ACC)

The decision of the Central Administrative Tribunal striking down the orders of the two-member appointments committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi should act as an eye-opener for Modi and his government. Aam Aadmi party welcomes the decision of the Tribunal and believes that the judgment is a big booster of morale for all the honest and hard working officers in the country. The Modi led committee;s decision against anti-corruption crusader Sanjiv Chaturvedi was not just undemocratic, but it was also encouraging for the corrupt people in the system as honest officers were seen to be punished.

The fact that the Central Tribunal has noted in their judgement that the orders of the ACC were without justification and against the principles of natural justice tells enough about the working of the Narendra Modi government in centre. Delhi government under the leadership of Arvind Kejriwal has already written to the concerned authorities to facilitate the transfer the Sanjiv Chaturvedi to Delhi so that he can be an important force in AAP government’s fight against the corrupt.

The decision of the CAT against the ACC is also the reason why Narendra Modi government has been purposely keeping institutions like CIC, CVC and many commissions including child rights commission vacant and without proper functionaries to head them since it came to power. Democratic and constitutional bodies and their proper functioning are a threat to the oppressive rule of Narendra Modi and his ministry.

While welcoming the decision of CAT and demanding that officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi be transferred to Delhi for his services, AAP demands that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ACC should apologize to the people of the country for blocking an honest officer by its erroneous decision.

Deputy Chief Manish Sisodia reviews cases of departmental indiscipline and financial irregularities; recommends punishment ramp-up in 4 cases

• DEPUTY CM SH. MANISH SISODIA REVIEWS CASES OF INDISCIPLINE, FINANCIAL MISAPPROPRIATION
• DY CM RECOMMENDS INCREASE IN PUNISHMENT IN FOUR CASES

New Delhi: 30/05/2015

The Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Sh. Manish Sisodia has reviewed several cases of dereliction of duty, cases of not following prescribed codal formalities, financial misappropriation, violation of departmental guidelines and concealing vital information.

The Deputy CM has recommended to the relevant authorities, increase in the punishment given to the concerned officers in four cases.

In the first case Principal of Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, Rani Jhansi Road, the department had proposed initiation of minor penalty proceedings. The Deputy Chief Minister recommended enhancing the penalty.

Background: An inspection of Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, Rani Jhansi Road was conducted by some officers of LG Secretariat on 26/11/2014. At the time of inspection, the cleanliness in the school premises was in pathetic condition. The toilets, area outside the school building, classrooms, common areas and even the staff room were in a very bad shape. Principal gave the vague reasons for the pathetic condition as non-cooperation from the outsourced agency, which has been awarded the contract of cleanliness and lack of funds etc. Principal was placed under suspension on the ground of contemplated disciplinary proceedings against him.

In the second case of one Adhoc DANICS officer, the department had proposed initiation of minor penalty proceedings. The Deputy CM recommended the initiation of major penalty proceedings against him.

Background: As Assistant Commissioner, Food & Supplies (Enforcement), the said officer was responsible for taking effective steps to prevent diversion of specified articles under PDS. On 06/09/2013, he got information regarding the impounding of truck carrying PDS food-grains by the police. Despite the fact that it was a major suspected case of diversion of PDS food-grains, he took the matter in a very casual way and sent a team of 04 inspectors at the spot at Lawrence Road. He neither informed his superiors nor sent a team headed by a senior official of the rank of Asstt. Commissioner or at least a FSO in consultation with his seniors. Instead of directing the Inspectors to check the premises of the mill and its records regarding the receipt and supply of the stock etc., allowed to furnish a clean chit to the police within hours as a result, no case was registered by the police, though it was prima facie a case of diversion of PDS food grains. He informed the Addl. Commissioner (Enforcement) about the incident only 10/9/2013 i.e. after a lapse of three days through a routine note, suggesting closure of entire issue.

In the third case of another Principal, the department had proposed initiation of major penalty proceedings. The Dy CM reviewed the case and recommended strict action against him, which may go up to dismissal.

Background:  The said Principal while working as Head of School in Govt. Sarvodaya Co-ed Sr. Sec. School, Hiran Kudna, New Delhi misappropriated public funds by fraudulently drawing an amount of Rs. 5436/- from Pupil’s Welfare Fund as salary of Ms. Monika, IT Assistant for the month of June, 2013 whereas IT Assistant joined in July, 2013. The said Principal allowed cutting and removal of four trees from the school premises, though, Deputy Conservator of Forests had allowed for cutting/removal of only one tree. The said Principal did not follow the prescribed codal formalities in the utilization of Plan Budget 2012 for Annual Day 2012. He violated departmental guidelines by allowing distribution of mid-day meal through sweepers instead of by Service Provider.

In the fourth case of a Principal (Sarvodaya, Co-ed Sr. Sec. School, Nanakpura, New Delhi), the department had proposed initiation of minor penalty against her. The Deputy CM upheld the proposal of the department.

Delhi Government’s Trade and Tax Department seals premises of 3 transporters for not complying with DVAT act

• TRADE AND TAX DEPARTMENT SEALS PREMISES OF THREE TRANSPORTERS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF UNACCOUNTED GOODS WITHOUT COMPLYING THE PROVISIONS OF DVAT ACT
• ALL THE THREE TRANSPORT COMPANIES FAILED TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED UNDER DVAT RULES
• DEPARTMENT ASCERTAINS TO REALIZE AN AMOUNT OF RS. 10 LACS AS TAX AND PENALTY

Dated: 28^th May 2015

On a source information that some Transporter/Carriers in Delhi are engaged in transportation of unaccounted goods without complying the provisions envisaged in DVAT Act 2004 & AVAT Rules 2005 and thus, are evading tax at large scale in the process. The Department of Trade and Taxes, after getting the existence of the three Transporter/Carriers i.e. 1. Delhi Bombay Speed Carriers, 7221-22, New Qutab Road, Ram Nagar, Delhi. 2. Central Transport Co., 7210-11 & 7196, New Qutab Road, Near Hanuman Mandir, Delhi & 3. Bombay Delhi Carrier, 10815, Jhandwalan Road, Nabi Karim, Delhi verified, conducted survey upon them on 23.05.2015. All the three of them failed to produce the documents envisaged under DVAT Rules such as Bills & Delivery Challan of the goods, hence their business were sealed.

The taxable goods in the possession of these three Transporters, as recorded during the visit and subsequently sealed by this department inter-alia consisted of Toys, Footwear, PU Fabric, Cosmetics, Tailoring material etc.

The Department will impose appropriate Tax & Penalty as per provisions of the said Act. On preliminary examination, it is ascertained that amount of Rs. 10.00 Lacs would be realized from this operation against Tax & Penalty.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal orders stringent action against adulteration; ramps up penalties and imprisonment; Food safety and stadards act to be amended

• DELHI CHIEF MINISTER ORDERS STRINGENT ACTION AGAINST ADULTERATION.
• EXISTING FOOD SAFETY & STANDARDS ACT TO BE AMENDED IN THE NEXT PART OF THE ONGOING ASSEMBLY SESSION.
• PENALTY FOR MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS, UNHYGIENIC PROCESSING OF FOOD AND ADULTERATION TO BE INCREASED.
• IN EXTREME CASES WHERE ADULTERATION COULD LEAD TO SEVERE HEALTH LOSS DELHI GOVERNMENT PROPOSES MAXIMUM OF LIFE IMPRISONMENT.

New Delhi: 29/05/2015

The Chief Minister of Delhi, Sh. Arvind Kejriwal, has taken a strong view on adulteration, misleading advertisements and unhygienic or unsanitary processing or manufacturing of food, unsafe food and interfering with seized items.

The Government of NCT of Delhi has decided to amend the existing Food Safety & Standards Act, 2005 in the next part of the ongoing assembly session following the process prescribed for matters under the concurrent list and make the provisions of punishment more stringent. In extreme cases where adulteration could lead to severe health loss Delhi Government proposes maximum of life imprisonment.

It has also been decided that with the enhancement of penalty, the transparency aspect should be strengthened and the prosecution process should be made speedy & time bound including by setting up of Special Courts, for which provision exists in the act.

The proposed increase in the punishment for different offences is as follows:

Sl. No.	Section	Offence	Existing	Proposed
1	53	Penalty for misleading advertisement	Rs. 10 Lakh	Rs. 10 Lakh or thrice the cost of the advertisement, whichever is more.
2	56	Penalty for unhygienic or unsanitary processing or manufacturing of food	Rs. 1 Lakh	Rs. 5 Lakh
3	57	Punishment for possessing adulterant:- 1.      Where such adulterant is not injurious to health 2.      Where such adulterant is injurious to health	Rs. 2 Lakh Rs. 10 Lakh	Imprisonment for a term which may extend up to three years or with a fine which may extend to Rs. 5 Lakh, or both. Not be less than five years which may extend up to life imprisonment or with fine which may extend to Rs. 10 Lakh rupees, or both.
4	59	Punishment for unsafe food:- 1.      Where it does not result in injury. 2.      Where the contravention results in a non-grievous injury	Imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months and penalty up to Rs. 1 Lakh. Imprisonment up to one year and fine up to Rs. 3 Lakh.	Imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year and also with fine which may extend to Rs. 2 Lakh. Imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years and also with fine which may extend to Rs. 5 Lakh.
		3.      Where the contravention results in a grievous injury 4.      Where the contravention results in death	Imprisonment up to six years and also fine up to Rs. 5 Lakh. Imprisonment for not less than 7 years but which may extend to life imprisonment and also fine which shall not be less than Rs. 10 Lakh.	Imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years and also with fine which may extend to Rs. 10 Lakh. Imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than ten years but which may extend to imprisonment for life and also with fine which shall not be less than Rs. 20 Lakh.
5	60	Punishment for interfering with seized items	Punishment may extend to six months and fine which may extend to Rs. 2 Lakh.	Imprisonment for term which may extend to two years and also with fine which may extend to Rs. 5 Lakh.

The Government also proposes to change the provision for adjudication:

Section	Existing Provision	Proposed Provision
68	For the purpose of adjudication under this Chapter, an officer not below the rank of Additional District Magistrate of the district where the alleged offence is committed, shall be notified by the State Government as the Adjudicating Officer for adjudication in the manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government.	For the purpose of adjudication under this Act, an officer not below the rank of Additional District Magistrate or Metropolitan Magistrate of the district where the alleged offence is committed, shall be notified by the State Government as the Adjudicating Officer for adjudication in the manner as may be prescribed by the Central Government.

Aam Aadmi Party dispatches fact-finding and peace-keeping communal harmony team to Haryana

Concerned over the plight of riot victims in Ballabhgarh district of BJP ruled Haryana, the Aam Aadmi Party has dispatched a fact finding team to the district to assess the situation. Media reports about how BJP’s state government’s indifference towards the plight of riot victims forced to run away from their houses and spend nights in tents and police station.

Media reports clearly show that the riot was orchestrated over a five year old dispute. The state machinery preferred to turn a blind eye and allowed perpetrators to unleash violence over helpless villagers. While the culprits are still at large, the victims are spending nights in shelter tents. The government is punishing the victims for their religious identity.

A four member fact finding team headed by Aam Aadmi Party MLA and Sah-Prabhari of state of Haryana Naresh Balyan and party MLA from Okhala Amanatullah Khan, Abhas Chandela and Feroz Khan left for Ballabhgarh today. The team will assess the situation, meet the victims and prepare a report.

The party expresses its anguish at BJP’s Haryana government’s insensitive way of dealing with the situation and failure to maintain communal harmony in Haryana.

Aam Aadmi Party reminds BJP Government to implement One Rank One Pension, a pre-poll promise forgotten by Narendra Modi

The men who dedicated their lives in the service of the nation are today miffed with the Narendra Modi led BJP government and its policies. The ex-servicemen of the nation are being forced to resort to ways and means like boycotting Defence minister’s function to raise their voice and demands. It’s a sad situation and very much in line with the present circumstances under Modi rule where every demand is crushed and every voice is tried to be trampled down.

It is sad to know that our brave ex servicemen have been forced to heighten their agitation for their long standing demand of one-rank, one-pension mechanism.

The sorry state of our former defence men particularly exposes the apathy and hypocrisy of Modi government because BJP launched its Lok Sabha election campaign with ex-servicemen in attendance and with the promise of implementing the mechanism as soon as it came to power.

The war heroes and veterans of the country are annoyed of the false promises made by the Narendra Modi  government and government’s inaction on any promises made to the former soldiers even after a year. The veterans are now forced to take the course of protest in Jantar Mantar in the days to come.

Aam Aadmi Party demands that the One-Rank, One-Pension scheme be implemented at the earliest and the government should have the guts to stand by the promises it has made. Disappointment of the ex-servicemen is disappointment for the whole nation.  Any misery to the people who sacrificed their lives for nation is an insult to the Nation.