{"id":13307,"date":"2009-08-17T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-17T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/dwarka-needs-active-bold-conscientious\/"},"modified":"2020-12-25T12:17:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T06:47:57","slug":"dwarka-needs-active-bold-conscientious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/dwarka-needs-active-bold-conscientious\/","title":{"rendered":"DWARKA-NEEDS ACTIVE, BOLD, CONSCIENTIOUS & DEDICATED RESIDENTS?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a> An ardent wish
<\/strong>Vijay K. Saluja<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Having been in the VIP local body of Delhi-NDMC all my career, I was lucky to have the privilege of living, since 1962, around two kilometers of India Gate, because the govt accommodation which was allotted to my father [he was in the govt service, too] & to me, was in that area.<\/p>\n

Having lived about forty three years of our life in open, wide, green & relatively clean area, shifting to Vasant Kunj in 2005, was a tough call, because, not only this area was different from NDMC area, but the distance to my wife`s college, where her work place was\/is & our various friends\/relative`s- houses\/ markets [Khan Bengali & CP] & other cultural centres- India International Centre, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Garden, Mandi House et al, where all art, culture\/theatre activities take place, & which we frequented, increased manifold.
Distances which we earlier, travelled in one fortnight, we now, traversed in one day, to reach the place of work\/entertainment, shopping etc etc. & what with traffic jams——–<\/p>\n

`Dilli kya hai`, we only realized then-its travails, troubles, tribulations, etc etc.<\/p>\n

Then, we realized that, all along, we had lived a very sheltered life- `Aatte dal ka bhav to aab mallom hone laga`.<\/p>\n

Vasant Kunj, touted as one of the best planned colony of DDA & inhabited by well- heeled & connected persons, had many many civic problems-Broken\/ill-maintained roads, overflowing garbage in dalaos, frequented by cows, bulls, pigs, dogs, rag-pickers et al, over packed parking lots in residential blocks, unauthorized construction \u2013additions & alterations in flats resulting in outflow of building mulba & rubbish creating uncomfortable & unaesthetic conditions, day in day out.<\/p>\n

Besides,shortage of water, power outrages, frequent cutting of roads, etc made heady cocktail of civic-woes, stray dogs, cows , bulls sitting on the dividers of main roads of the colony, was a daily sight to watch?!<\/p>\n

I wrote a regular column in one of the neighbourhood newspaper-`NOW`, discussing various civic issues of the colony & trying to cajole & exhort the local residents\/authorities to be an active participant in the upkeep of this well laid out colony. But, despite my many many articles[I almost wrote a regular Saturday column for about 25 weeks], nothing much changed in the attitudes\/application, of the residents\/RWAs? TWAs\/authorities?!<\/p>\n

Though, there were some very positive responses from some of the readers, but mostly restricted to their own specific civic problems!!
Many of my friends\/relatives pointed fingers at my efforts & enthusiasm & scoffed, too. They were\/are of the firm opinion `is desh mein aise hi chale ga“,kuch nahin badllne wala`, `Apni energy waste kar rahe ho`, article likhne main to kuchh paise bhii nahin milte` ———-.<\/p>\n

Well, after shifting to Dwarka, I discovered in Dwarka forum<\/strong> <\/a>& Dwarka Parichay<\/a><\/strong>, some synergy & thus HOPE??<\/p>\n

Therefore, I have started penning my views abt Dwarka`s civic-woes. In the hope-things may change for the better!<\/p>\n

Let us see. Time will tell??.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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