Posted by sanjaykaul on February 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The proposal by the Delhi CM to split up the Municipal Corporation of Delhi ostensibly to bring greater efficiency to the corruption ridden body has failed to answer some key questions and raised doubts about her intentions. Why would a Chief Minister who has always complained about multiplicity of authority in Delhi, now want some … Read more
Filed under Governance, Politics · Tagged with BJP, Chief Minister of Delhi, Congress, corruption, East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, India, MCD, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, municipal elections, Municipality of Delhi, New Delhi, Sanjay Kaul, Shiela Dixit, trifurcation of the MCD
Posted by sanjaykaul on October 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Government has tried to seize the initiative on the Commonwealth Games enquiry, but with the clever overlap of multiple agencies and the IT raids to deflect attention, it looks like the Congress Party is already dictating the terms of reference for the probe. So, is the PM under pressure to scuttle the probe ? … Read more
Filed under Governance · Tagged with BJP, CAG, CBI, Chief Minister of Delhi, CMO, Commonwealth Games 2010, Congress, CVC, CW Games corruption enquiry, CW Games Village, DDA, DUAC, ED, Emaar MGF, India's image abroad, IOA, Jaipal Reddy, Kalmadi, M.S. Gill, Mani Shankar Aiyar, MCD, Ministre of Sports and Youth Affairs, MoUD, NDMC, New Delhi CWG corruption, Organising Committee for the CW Games, Oscar Fernandes, PMO, Prime Minister Manmoham Singh, PWD, Shiela Dixit, Shunglu Committee, Sunil Dutt
Posted by sanjaykaul on July 23, 2010 · 2 Comments
Three TV shows in the span of one week on the Commonwealth Games due in October in New Delhi and a lot of posturing on behalf of almost all actors in the case. It seems like logic is returning to haunt us all. But are we missing the point, once again. So when they … Read more
Filed under Governance · Tagged with A.K. Walia, Chief Minister of Delhi, Commonwealth Games 2010, Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, Congress, Connaught Place makeover, corruption, Dr. Harshvardhan, Finance Minister, flyovers, garbage, India, Indian Olympic Association, Mani Shankar Aiyar, MCD, Media, monsoon, NDTV, NDTV India, New Delhi, News 24, overspend on games, Planning and Urban Development, Rs 700 Crores for CP, Shiela Dixit, Suresh Kalmadi, Tarlochan Singh, tax payer money, wasteful expenditure on games, water logging in Delhi
Posted by sanjaykaul on May 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The power regulator asks private electric distribution companies to reduce tariff since they made huge profits. The Chief Minister of Delhi steps in and says people of Delhi are rich enough to pay and ticks off the regulator. Unbelievable, but true! The repeated controversies involving power distribution companies in Delhi after privatization of the … Read more
Filed under Governance · Tagged with APDRP, ARR, audit, billing disputes, cartel, CBI, Chief Minister of Delhi, competition, Congress party, courts, Delhi Assembly, DERC, DISCOMS, DVB, electronic meters, fast running meters, generation, Governance, industries, law, manipulation of accounts, pilferage, power cartel, power privatisation in Delhi, power reforms, power tariff, power theft, privatisation without competition, profits, regulator, RTI, scam, slums, tamper-proof meters, tariff, Transmission & Distribution, transparency, voltage
Posted by sanjaykaul on November 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Water: and what your city is not doing about it. Notice how every summer in Delhi, we stare at the serious deficit of almost every utility that the state is endowed to provide, most critically, water. It’s no use starting a debate on splinters of the main argument – that there is wastage, or that there are leakages … Read more
