Posted by sanjaykaul on March 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The recent nod by the municipality of Delhi for the Resident Ward Committee scheme is one small step for RWA empowerment, one giant leap for civic governance!* It will opens the flood gates to public participation and consultation, enhance transparency and accountability in the MCD and empower local self government by enshrining the Resident Welfare Association … Read more
Filed under Governance · Tagged with 74th Amendment, accountability and trabnsparency in the municipality, BJP spokesperson, citizen activism, civic governance, Constitution of India, Corporator, corruption, Delhi, district planning committees, local self government in India, Mayor of Delhi, Panchayat, people power, People's Action, Resident Ward Committee, Resident Welfare Association, Sanjay Kaul, Town Hall, United Residents Joint Action [URJA], urban councils, Urban Development
Posted by sanjaykaul on August 20, 2010 · 1 Comment
A campaign for housing rights of slum and unauthorised colony dwellers in Delhi in the context of the Commonwealth Games 2010. It is with a hopeful heart that we have embarked on this campaign because it came to me that the expenditure on the Commonwealth Games is in stark contrast to the manner in which we … Read more
Posted by sanjaykaul on December 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The execution [pun intended] of city planning at the altar of political expediency, with particular reference to the judicial intervention in Delhi on illegal constructions and encroachments. The spate of Court orders in Delhi in the last few years, first directing the tearing down of buildings constructed in contravention of existing building bye laws and … Read more
Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged with Bangalore, building bye-laws, Delhi, Demolitions, development, illegal settlements, MCD, Mumbai, Planning, Politics, Sealing, slums, Supreme Court, Urban Development
Posted by sanjaykaul on September 27, 2009 · 3 Comments
Thirty minutes of mayhem on a TV Show – and why we shouldn’t take Chidambaram’s remarks seriously, and why the Government is responsible for how citizens behave. I thought I’d let the squawking pass, but it seems that the advice of Minister Chidambaram to Delhiites to enhance their social behaviour quotient in preparation for the … Read more
