The denizens of national capital will be able to know the timings of water supply in their area from March onwards if Delhi Jal Board complies with the orders of Central Information Commission in time-bound manner.
The transparency panel has directed the Board to post timings of water supply on its website by February 28 and keep updating it if their are any changes.
"The Commission directs the PIO to ensure that timings of water supply of all areas are displayed on the website of Delhi Jal Board. If these timings are changed the website is updated accordingly," the directive by the Commission said.
Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi was hearing the plea of one Narender Dutt who did not get details of water supply in his area from the Board and filed an appeal in this regard.
Gandhi held that such information should be displayed as part of mandatory proactive disclosure under section 4 of the RTI Act which deals with important information about functions and duties of the organisations displayed in public medium.
"The Commission directs that these timings are displayed on the website under its Section - 4 compliance before 28 February 2010," he said. link
Thursday, 4 February 2010
First Indian woman skier to South Pole gets Delhi govt award
Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu, who became the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole last year, will be given a Rs 5 lakh award by the Delhi government, an official statement said on Thursday.
"The city Government will honour Reena Kaushal Dharmashaktu with an award of Rs 5 lakh in a function to be organised in near future for her feat of skiing from the coast of Antarctica to the geographic South Pole," the statement said.
"The award is in recognition of her adventurous effort," it added.
The decision was taken in a meeting headed by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
Delhi-based Dharmashaktu, a 38-year-old mountaineer and outdoor instructor, was part of an all-women expedition that skied for nearly eight-nine hours daily for 40 days, braving chilly winds, sub-zero temperatures, the vast emptiness of Antarctica and carried 80 kg of load on their backs to reach the South Pole Dec 31, 2009.
The cost of her venture was around Rs.10 lakh.
Unable to raise sufficient funds, Dharmshaktu had to take a loan of Rs.5.75 lakh from a bank and borrowed the rest from friends.
To mark the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth, the team of eight women from Britain, Brunei, Cyprus, Ghana, India, Jamaica, New Zealand and Singapore were selected for the expedition.
"The city Government will honour Reena Kaushal Dharmashaktu with an award of Rs 5 lakh in a function to be organised in near future for her feat of skiing from the coast of Antarctica to the geographic South Pole," the statement said.
"The award is in recognition of her adventurous effort," it added.
The decision was taken in a meeting headed by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
Delhi-based Dharmashaktu, a 38-year-old mountaineer and outdoor instructor, was part of an all-women expedition that skied for nearly eight-nine hours daily for 40 days, braving chilly winds, sub-zero temperatures, the vast emptiness of Antarctica and carried 80 kg of load on their backs to reach the South Pole Dec 31, 2009.
The cost of her venture was around Rs.10 lakh.
Unable to raise sufficient funds, Dharmshaktu had to take a loan of Rs.5.75 lakh from a bank and borrowed the rest from friends.
To mark the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth, the team of eight women from Britain, Brunei, Cyprus, Ghana, India, Jamaica, New Zealand and Singapore were selected for the expedition.
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