THE GOLDEN SPARROW ON SATURDAY APRIL 30, 2016
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“Safety is the topmost priority for the BRTS route. An accident just before the inauguration is testimony of poor safety. Citizens may lose their lives if there is a major accident due to poor infrastructure.” — Qaneez Sukhrani, Activist
Victims of housing scam throng Vadgaon Shinde site, demand scamster Madhukar Suryavanshi’s arrest TEJAS GAIKWAD
BY DNYANESHWAR BHONDE @dnyanesh1 In wake of the TGS expose of the multi crore rupee Samyak housing scam, nearly 250 home buyers duped by Madhukar Suryavanshi and his accomplices, gathered at the Vadgaon Shinde site on April 24, to denounce the scamsters. Suryavanshi’s victims include daily wage workers, autorickshaw drivers, retired army men and some government bureaucrats. They have demanded that Suryavanshi be arrested immediately Sur yavanshi UPED ERS D s and their had erected E BUY M m O a H c S 0 PLU 10,00 using s m o n e y c e m e n t o h l l a r of e h refunded. concrete t o M Sur yavanshi pillars and a had also four-storey p r o m i s e d slab in a people flats at t housa nd Loni Kalbhor square and Khadki, and feet area. accepted money T h e at his Rasta Peth w o r k office. star ted The plot of land i n is around six km 2012 from Lohegaon, and a b u t kuchcha road leads to w a s it. To dupe the people, stopped in 2013, and ed h as tin calls Pu Obama n situation ria over Sy
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the reasons cited were that permissions were being sought for drainage line, water, and electricity shortage. When people raised questions, he assured them they would get keys to their flats within six months. Satyawan Shinde and his cousins own the 40 acres of land, of which six acres was sold to Suryavanshi. Shinde claims that he also has been cheated by Suryavanshi. He does not allow the duped home buyers to enter the site. Vimal Ram Jagtap, 34, of Dhanori, saw an advertisement in a local newspaper. She was told by Suryavanshi that she could choose a flat at Vadgaon Shinde, Khadki or Loni Kalbhor. She paid Rs 50,000 to
book a 450 sqaure feet flat at Vadgaon Shinde. She had to pawn her gold ornaments to raise the money. Raziya Shaikh, of Khairewadi slum, Shivajinagar invested Rs 80,000 to book a 450 square feet flat in 2011. Her husband Imtiyaz, an autorickshaw driver, had to borrow the money from her relatives, and now they want their money back. Ashok Bhosale, 35, of Sanjay Gandhi Nagar in Yerawada, sells cutlery for a living, and makes about Rs 10,000 a month. His family includes wife Bharati, sons Harshad, 17, Tushar, 14, and mother Shanta, 70. He pays Rs 1500 as rent, and invested his savings of Rs 70,000 to book a 450 sq feet flat. Sanjiv Gadre, 52, of Ghorpadi, is a clerk in the railways, and invested a lakh of rupees for a flat at Uruli Kanchan. Prabhakar Nichit, of Ghatkopar, a BEST driver, booked a flat for Rs 60,000. Autorickshaw driver Afjal Banimiya Inamdar, 29, of Airport Road, invested a lakh of rupees in a flat. All these people duped by Suryavanshi, plan to stage a protest at Guardian Minister Girish Bapat’s office on May 5, and will also stage a march from Swargate to Shaniwarwada on May 4. dnyaneshwar.bhonde@goldensparrow.com
Six year wait for appreciation BY PRIYANKKA DESHPANDE @journopriyankka Rafique Mulla, 63, aka ‘chacha’, has been driving an ambulance for 40 years. He was among those three ambulance drivers who ferried victims of the German Bakery blast to Sassoon General Hospital. The Bund Garden police had promised them appreciation certificates for their service, but six year have passed and Balasaheb Hingane, Rafique Mulla and Asif Shaikh are still waiting. “We do not want money or gifts. All we want is a token of appreciation for our efforts in a time of need,” said Mulla, who carried dead bodies of the Bakery blast to Sassoon General Hospital. Pune Ambulance Association president Balasaheb Hingane, 57, said that he along with two other association members helped the Bund Garden police
carry dead bodies and the injured to hospital from German Bakery. “The then Police Sub-Inspector of Bund Garden Police station Ashok Randive voiced appreciation for our selfless efforts,” said Hingane, and Randive agreed to give them certificates of appreciation. Six years after the blast, they are still making rounds of Bund Garden police station for the certificates. And all they get is standard replies. “We are told by the staff that the officer is not available. Six months ago we were told that Randive had retired from service,” Hingane said. Bund Garden police station senior Police Inspector Madan Bahaddarpure said, “I do not have any idea what retired PSI Randive promised these ambulance drivers. I will not be able to give them certificates of appreciation. “ priyankka.deshpande@goldensparrow.com
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Payment kiosks not Pune’s Bombay Sappers help desilt Nere dam functional, and yet PMC pays for them Indian army lends a helping hand to droughtstruck Nere village
BY TUSHAR RUPANAVAR @tusharrupanavar The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had signed a contract with private firm Vansh Infotech in 2006, to install 75 multi-utility payment kiosk centres across the city, for citizens to pay property tax bills, MSEB bills, telephone bills, or make railway/bus/airplane reservations. PMC pays Rs 15,000 per month per kiosk, plus electricity charges. But most of the kiosk centres are shut down. The kiosk centres at Tilak Road in front of Grahak Peth, and at Bajirao Road near the BSNL office are broken. But PMC is still paying for such kiosk centres, which are draining taxpayers’ money. For all the smart city hype, the PMC cares little to provide facilities for citizens, and instead is wasting public money. Shashi Bhate of Sadashiv Peth said, “The kiosk centre in front of Grahak Peth often remains closed, and if it is open, it does not have internet connectivity. Kiosk centres do not provide MSEB bill payment, railway/air/bus reservation facilities, and property must be paid by cheque. We can pay property tax online on the PMC website with debit or credit cards, so where is the need for kiosk centres? It’s a waste of public money. I have written many letters to PMC but TEJAS GAIKWAD
nothing has happened. Vansh Infotech Company probably belongs to some political person, as the contract goes to the same company for nine years.” The kiosk centres at Grahak Peth, near B U Bhandari, Sai Chowk, Chittaranjan Vatika and Bajirao Road are closed most of the time, and citizens have stopped going to these centres. Records show that except for property tax payments, none of the other facilities like MSEB bill payment, telephone bill payment, railway/bus/ airplane reservations are provided at these kiosk centres. PMC made a payment of Rs 4,00,500 to Vansh Infotech in March, and is even paying electricity bills for these kiosk centres, but information is not available on PMC records. About non-operational kiosk centres which PMC is paying for, PMC additional commissioner Rajendra Jagtap said, “There were 75 kiosk centres installed under the contract with Vansh Infotech. But later, because of not functioning properly, we reduced kiosk centres to 54. PMC only pays for these 54 kiosk centres. Kiosk centres are to facilitate property tax payments, MSEB bill payment, telephone bill payment, railway/bus/ airplane reservations, according to the contract. If they are not providing these facilities, it is a serious matter. I will immediately order my staff to verify this and action will be taken against this service provider private company, whom we did contract, if they are guilty.” tushar.rupanavar@ goldensparrow.com
BY TUSHAR RUPANAVAR @tusharrupanavar
The Indian army, besides guarding our borders, are known to lend a helping hand during calamities. This time around, army personnel have come to the aid of drought-hit Nere village in Satara district. On the request of retired army personnel in Satara district, the defence ministry has sent Bombay Sapper personnel to desilt the 143-year-old Nere dam,
Retired Colonel Rajendra Godse with army dozers at Nere village
which has run dry. The Maharashtra government has declared drought situation in 14,708 villages, which cover 34 per cent of the state. Some places like Latur are being provided water by train. Maan and Khatav tehsils of Satara district are considered major drought-hit regions. Nere dam in Maan region is one of the main sources of water for nearby villages. But the Nere dam catchment area is full of silt so water was not stored up to its capacity. Villagers have given many applications to the district
administration and local politicians to remove the silt but nothing had happened. Retired army personnel from Nere and adjacent villages united under the leadership of retired Colonel Rajendra Godse, of Jai Jawan-Jai Kisan Pratishthan, an NGO. They met Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in New Delhi and sought his help. Parrikar urged the Bombay Sappers of Pune and Satara collector Ashwin Mudgal to help. The Bombay Sappers sent two bulldozers, with Naik Darshan Khan, Lance Naik Gurujit Singh and
City school insists on Adidas shoes Don’t send your child to Wisdom World School if you can’t afford Adidas shoes BY GARGI VERMA @missgverma India is on the path to equality in education for all socio-economic classes through the Right to Education Act. In a discordant note, a Pune school is turning education a status symbol by promoting a high profile shoe brand. Wisdom World School in Wakad wants its students to wear the best, highcost branded apparel, including Adidas shoes. “I wanted admission for my five-year-old child in the pre-primary class. Not only do they demand lakhs of rupees in fees but also had specific, upmarket brands of clothes and shoes for its students to wear, so I quickly changed my mind about my child being
educated in such an atmosphere,” said a shocked parent. The school uniform includes white and black shoes, and sports shoes, and parents are allegedly instructed to buy Adidas shoes. “We were told to buy TEJAS GAIKWAD
PMC is paying for multiutility payment kiosk centres that are shut down
Havildar Sachin Gaikwad to Nere village. District Collector Mudgal sent three trucks from the district administration. The desilting started on April 25, 2016. Green Thumb, an NGO from Pune which has been desilting Khadakwasla dam, joined hands with Jai Jawan-Jai Kisan for removing silt from Nere dam. Godse said, “Nere dam was built in 1872. But since its construction, silt had not been removed. So the catchment area of the dam too is full of silt and water not been stored to capacity. This small dam is the only one in our Maan-Khatav region. Its water is used for both drinking and irrigation. For four consecutive years our villages have had scanty rains during monsoon. We now face a drinking water shortage problem so we retired defence personnel came together to desilt Nere dam. We met Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who immediately agreed to help and give us bulldozers from Bombay Sappers, Pune. The silt is pure soil so farmers from adjacent villages are taking it to their farms in their own vehicles, and it will make arid land fertile. With the silt removed, the water storage capacity of the dam will increase.” tushar.rupanavar@goldensparrow.com
Adidas shoes for our children as they are superior,” said another parent. “Children are constantly growing and accordingly we have to keep buying bigger size shoes and uniforms. Buying a new pair of Adidas shoes every six
months is expensive, but we have no option but to comply,” said another parent. Some go along with the school’s policies. “The school caters to an affluent section of society. If one can afford the fees, one can also buy branded shoes,” said a parent. “Even children are aware that a student who does not wear Adidas shoes, cannot afford them. I don’t want my child to be influenced by such thinking,” said a parent of a class III student. Pune education department assistant education officer Dhananjay Pardeshi said, “It is wrong for a school to specify a shoe brand. It is a private school so we don’t have a say in their rules. But this is the kind of issue we are fighting under Right to Education.” Wisdom School Principal and Director J Simoes was not available for comment, neither were the school trustees. gargi.verma@goldensparrow.com