{"id":1458,"date":"2017-05-11T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T12:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/dwarka-needs-caring-governmen\/"},"modified":"2023-10-21T10:54:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T05:24:36","slug":"dwarka-needs-caring-governmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/dwarka-needs-caring-governmen\/","title":{"rendered":"DWARKA NEEDS CARING GOVERNMENT?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<b><i>Vijay K. Saluja<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<p>To the left &amp; right of the society-flats in Dwarka, where I live, stand  six, ten-twelve storeyed- blocks-vacant, ardently waiting for their prospective occupants &amp; mute spectators to the official apathy &amp;  bungling by\/in [as is being told heard\/told] their society management, whichthus have brought these blocks under Court\/CBI scanner!, and scanning, is going on, as heard, for the last more than two years?<\/p>\n<p>Result-Some of the mute  blocks, howl?! When? As &amp; when , there are squalls. Some of the unlatched doors &amp; windows bang &amp; bang to their hearts-content, making as much noise as possible &amp; then come crashing down,their window panes, creating `crescendo` of their own, with splintered glasses falling at intervals &amp; then scattered all around, thus creating some `work` for the security people of those blocks.<\/p>\n<p>With the scanning period \u2013lengthening, the` health` of these earlier healthy &amp; robust, blocks is also on the wane?!<\/p>\n<p>Some of their walls are showing signs of distress-chipping plaster\/external cladding\/treatment, dampness due to some leaking joints &amp; what not?<\/p>\n<p>This is the story in many of the other apartments in various sectors of Dwarka, which are under `scanner`?!<\/p>\n<p>But why, the diagnosis is taking so long? Is there inadequate infrastructure, less doctors lack of trained staff  to do so or no competent report-writers after the diagnosis???<\/p>\n<p>When will the treatment start?<\/p>\n<p>What about the health of all those  who have invested their hard-earned money, hopes &amp; aspirations in these flats?<\/p>\n<p>How about, so much housing stock lying vacant for years together,in the days of shortage of housing in Delhi?<\/p>\n<p>What about the financial\/functional hardships to all those flat-buyers, &amp; their families who have no remote connection with the scam &amp; scamsters, if any?<\/p>\n<p>What sort of governance\/arbitration in this episode which is affecting thousands of persons, is going on?<\/p>\n<p>Is it good \u2013governance? It it justice? Is it fair?<br \/>I leave these questions to ponder over by the concerned authorities-RCS, Delhi Govt ,MCD, DDA etc etc.<\/p>\n<p>BE A CARING GOVERNMENT.IT, THEN, LASTS LONGER.<br \/>Be a caring govt.<br \/>Let there be caring Govt.<br \/>What fault is there of the honest, hard-working  flat buyers?<br \/>Just think about it-dear Delhi Govt.<\/p>\n<p><b>Writer is:<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\nSenior Fellow -Institute of Social Sciences-New Delhi www.issin.org <br \/>Ex Chief Engineer[civil] -New Delhi Municipal Council<br \/>Ex President, IIT Delhi Alumni Association<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vijay K. Saluja To the left &amp; right of the society-flats in Dwarka, where I live, stand six, ten-twelve storeyed- blocks-vacant, ardently waiting for their prospective occupants &amp; mute spectators to the official apathy &amp; bungling by\/in  their society management, whichthus have brought these blocks under Court\/CBI scanner!, and scanning, is going on, as heard, for the last more than two years? Result-Some of the mute blocks, howl?! When? As &amp; when , there are squalls. Some of the unlatched doors &amp; windows bang &amp; bang to their hearts-content, making as much noise as possible <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,1],"tags":[65,1879,16],"class_list":["post-1458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-update","tag-member-article","tag-update","tag-vijay-k-saluja","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1458"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69319,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1458\/revisions\/69319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}