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Written By Public Agenda - 1 July, 2009
Infrastructure Mysore Urban Poor Complaint water supply JUSCO
How can a small almost unknown for profit company be made to spread its wings all over india. Todays news says it has grabbed a small project in Chennai for water leakage detection.
It needs the dedicated support of 4 groups
1. The spoilt rich citizens who want all the benefits of living aborad in India EVEN if 50 % of the people are below the poverty line timesofindia.indiatimes.com/50-Indians-living-below-poverty-line-Govt-panel/articleshow/4722478.cms
so 24 hrs power and 24 X 7 water supply grossly subsidised is a MUST,
2. The World Banks Water and Sanitation Prgramme which dreams of creating the GREAT INDIAN COMMERCIAL WATER SUPPLY MARKET and is ready to arm twist, help write policy and generally MORALLY CORRUPT the elected and bureaucratic officials at National, State and local levels through "educational trips and field excursions to australia, UK, Europe, Spain ITALY USA etc etc
3. Officials who beleive that the World bank or USAID , JBIC, JICA etc 'Ghost writing" policy for last mile water supply to the poorest sections who cannot afford to pay for water is to transparent, while it is archaic , enslaved mentality which is displayed, thereby becoming INTELLECTUALLY BANKRUPT except to promote the MARKET forces. not service quality
4. The corporate sector who seek to announce to all " that Government" has no reason to be in a service like water sector and that buisness is the buisness of buisness
COMMENTS
silkboard - 2 July, 2009 - 12:18
Why do you post such needless stuff? Most of this is pure opinion, and some just a bunch of half baked conslusions.
- What is "ghost writing"? Can you quote or prove from the actual agreements? Have you actually read any such agreements?
- What are "market forces" and what is "service quality". Did you notice that Mysore Jusco agreement is centered around service quality? Terms like 24x7 etc define service quality, not the market
- Government can't do everything on its own. Do you think BWSSB or Vani Vilas make their own pipes, and meters? You don't scream privatization when they buy pipes from Jindal SAW or someone, do you? Just grow up a bit to let government buy not just commodities but services as well.
Guys like you should use the energy positively to spend the time understanding and scrutinizing all this JUSCO stuff so that "public agenda" is guaranteed in such arrangements. Taking blanket, outdated or half-baked rhetorical stands is plain and simple waste of everyone's time - doesn't even make for good discussions, forget action.
I am sorry, but I have to be harsh at times.
The posting norms you flouted -
silkboard - 2 July, 2009 - 12:22
- This post is not local.
- If you wanted to post a "national" level stuff - should have picked "Where" as "India", not Bangalore.
- If you must put this post to Mysore, Bangalore or Chennai audiences, please write separate posts with local relevance.
Next - how is this "Citizen Reports"? There is no reporting here at all, this is pure and simple rant - a "Complaint", or at best a "Review" if it can be called that.
Write opionions, please do - we all have them in plenty, its only natural. But please don't write just opinions - supply some facts, examples, or local relevence along with the rhetoric.
cheers,
SB aka Pranav
education costs alot but is easier if you remove the filters
Public Agenda - 2 July, 2009 - 15:31
The WB helped write the draft GoK Urban drinking water policy in 2002 thru a consultant.
This is similar to the MP state policy which is funded thru DFID with Halcrow and GHK as consultants almost around the same time
ADB has actually written the policies for 4 sectors
P . S
power cut here and will complete it shortly after
silkboard - 2 July, 2009 - 16:26
So now, let us discuss that drinking water policy and debate the provisions that you don't like. This will be so much more fun than ideological trash talk.
- Is the 2002 urban drinking water policy public?
- What parts of the urban drinking water policy you don't like?
- How can we register our protest to the UDW policy?
- What are the alternate ways of drafting, and funding such policies?
- How is JUSCO linked to World Bank, whats the conspiracy theory there?
I look forward to a detailed and separate post on above lines, we all do. But please don't write simple rants.
JUSCO maintains and 24x7 happens?
s_yajaman - 3 July, 2009 - 11:34
Murali-sir,
I went through the thread. I have no reason to doubt Mr. Manivannan. But it still left me with a fundamental question. How does JUSCO maintaining the system ensure 24x7 water?
What has fundamentally changed? Will JUSCO remove illegal connections? What will JUSCO do differently that will cause water to flow 24x7 from taps?
Posting this question here as that thread seems to have ended on an "all's well that end's well note). Will be grateful if my stupid question is answered.
Srivathsa
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