Gurgaon city transport woes

here are some pictures of the gurgaon main bus stand. these are pictures saying a 1000 words. i am adding a few more.

i am told that there is a proposal to demolish it and make a mall cum modern bus stand. WHEN ? nobody knows. meanwhile we the people continue to bear this. the interesting aspect of this is nobody seems to care. neither the drivers/conductors of the busses, neither the daily commuters nor anybody in the adminstration. No toilets, so what, the walls are always there. no drainage, so what, bricks are there to put and walk on. no lighting, so what we shall walk in the dark. What can we all do? there would be one day when divine intervention shall happen and we shall collective come out of the dark.

water security for gurgaon

An interesting press release from the public relations department Haryana caught my eye regarding water security in gurgaon.

“ The Chief Secretary directed the Deputy Commissioners of both Gurgaon and Jhajjar districts to ensure that water supply in Gurgaon water channel be not disrupted. He asked the Gurgaon DC to prepare a contingency plan for meeting out the water crisis, in case the channel was breached as it was done in last March and Gurgaon faced a severe water crisis.
The Deputy Commissioner Gurgaon apprised the Chief Secretary that the water treatment plant at Basai was being augmented by HUDA at the cost of Rs. 13.84 crore and the work would be completed by February next year. After the augmentation, the Basai plant will able to treat 60 MGD raw water. However the water storage capacity today is sufficient for four days. An additional water works was proposed on 133 acre land of village Chandu-Budhera, costing Rs. 86 crore. The process of acquiring land for this new water works was going on. After the completion of this water works the storage capacity would be enhanced to ten days. Also a NCR Channel was under construction at a cost of Rs. 322 crore from which Gurgaon would get 800 Cusec of water plus a Rs.. 65 crore project was also prepared for providing canal based drinking water in Sohna.

So what is the cost of the above PROPOSED works rs 13.84cr for augmentation + rs 86 cr for additional water works + rs 322 cr for ncr channel + rs 65 cr for canal from sohna = Rs 486.84 cr.

1. does rs 486.84 cr provide a water security? I don’t think so
2. where does water come for the additional water works? From the gurgaon canal which comes from jhajjar district which was breeched by villagers this march, so there is no security surely.
3. where does ncr canal get the water? 800cusec is the rate of flow, what quantity of water is assured and where will it be treated is not known. And if 800 cusec is the rate of flow would this canal not supply water to other areas besides gurgaon?
4. where is the water coming from sohna? Mewat district does not have water and is just 20kms from sohna and we are getting a canal to gurgaon.

If somebody in the system tried a little common sense then with 1/10th the cost we can harvest a huge amount of rain water. ( rough calculations tell me that 34million cum of rainwater goes via sewage into the najafgarh drain from gurgaon). We can even harvest the najafgarh flood plain or the najafgarh jheel.(part of this lies inside gurgaon district).

But then government works on grandiose schemes and proposals. Common sense is not a very valued item as it does not raise eyebrows or fills pockets as rs 486.84 cr does.

Gurgaon District Transport Woes

as per gross state domestic product estimated for the year 2004 by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation haryana was number 13 right after punjab and delhi out of 35 including union territories.

haryana claims that gurgaon is number one in terms of software export. photos of glass covered multistorey buildings are splashed across newspapers and websites singing praises about development in gurgaon.

a simple story about transport, a need so basic for people, to be able to go from one place to another is narrated in these pictures. Do i need to say more????????

Here is the text of a press release from public relations office of haryana government. Ity reads " Chandigarh, Sept 5 - The Haryana Compulsory Registration of MarriagesAct, 2008 came into effect in the State from July 16, 2008 and theevery marriage solemnized in the State after this date irrespective ofcaste, religion or creed will have to be got registered compulsorily.The parties to a marriage shall prepare and sign a memorandum onprescribed form and deliver or send it by registered post induplicate to the Registrar of the Area concerned in which the marriagewas solemnized or the ordinary place of residence of the bride/herparents or the bridegroom/his parents within a period of 90 days fromthe date of marriage.The memorandum should be accompanied prescribed fee in the form ofcourt fee stamps and attested by the person prescribed for thispurpose. The Registrar concerned on being satisfied that there is noobjection to register the marriage, shall register the same within theprescribed period. If in the opinion of the Registrar, the marriage isnot fit for registration, he shall pass an order of refusal in writtenafter recording the reasons and send the duplicate copy thereof to theDistrict Registrar.The persons who were married prior to the date of commencement ofthis Act, may also get their marriage registered, if they areresidents of the State at the time of registration of the marriage,subject to the terms and conditions as mentioned in sub-sections (2),(3) and (4). The persons, who have married outside the State but areresidents of the State, may also get their marriage registered in theState as per provisions of sub-section (1), subject to the terms andconditions as mentioned in the sub-sections (2), (3) and (4). However,the marriage already registered outside the State will not beregistered again in the State.Any person aggrieved by the order of the Registrar refusing toregister the marriage to under sub-section (4) of section 7 may,within a period of 90 days from the date of receipt of such order,appeal to the District Registrar, who after giving an hearingopportunity to the party concerned, may pass an order confirming theorder of the Registrar or after recording the reasons in writing,direct the Registrar concerned to register the marriage or may passsuch orders as he may deem fit.Any person aggrieved by the order of the District Registrar refusingto register the marriage under section 8, may within a period of 90days from the date of receipt of such order, appeal to the ChiefRegistrar, who after giving an hearing opportunity to the partyconcerned, may pass an order confirming the order of the DistrictRegistrar or Registrar concerned or after recording the reasons inwriting, direct the District Registrar or Registrar concerned, as thecase may be to register the marriage or may pass such orders as he maydeem fit.The Registrar shall maintain a register of marriages solemnized inthe State. On receipt of the memorandum of marriage under section 7,the Registrar shall make a record of the same in the register.On registration of the marriage, the Registrar shall issue acertificate of marriage to the parties.The registration of marriages will mitigate the problem of Indianwomen trapped in fraudulent Overseas marriages. It will also mitigatethe problems of dowry, concealment of earlier existing marriages,marriages of convenience, etc. "

So in district gurgaon if i wish to marry and get it registered where do i go? I suppose the office of the district registrar. No who is the registrar? one way to do so is to check the official website of haryana http://haryana.gov.in/ . i am sure with the amount of money haryana spends in IT and their desire to make it an IT enabled state(remember gurgaon is the largest exporter of software in the country) . There is no information in the latest releases even though the law came into forec on July 16 2008 and a press release was released on Sept 5, 2008. I guess this should say it all. however i decided persist and i went into the official site of gurgaon district http://gurgaon.nic.in/ . The header says " where dreams are talking shape" but i could not find whom to get my marriage registered. So i guess the next best thing is to go to the mini secretariat and grope my way about . OR i may say well who care's . So much for laws and following it.