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The NICE fraud of 7000 acress and 17 lakes!
Written By blrsri - 16 July, 2009
BMIC Bangalore NICE Road Works Complaint Transportation Infrastructure
Extract from IE:
As many as 17 tanks of Bangalore city have been encroached upon by BMICP with the construction of the peripheral road whose alignment was not part of what was originally conceived in the Framework Agreement (FWA). The Framework Agreement (FWA) had carefully avoided all the tanks, except some parts for which the survey numbers have been mentioned in the government order number PWD 32, dated November 20, 1995. The same was accepted in the project technical report.
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But now, with the new alignment, the Peripheral road encroaches 17 tanks in the city.
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more of it here
Need to see what Mr Kheny has got to say about this.
Instead of a white paper, why is DSS not doing a PIL ?
Is this a 'funded' or 'Driven' activity for DSS? DG had earlier done a similar activity before and released a book(was it?)..that really did not go anywhere..so is it the same report in a different garb?
PWD is shown in connivance with NICE...PWD does not work on its own..they work on 'orders' from Vidhana Soudha..albeit gnawing on scraps from the kickbacks! No wonder all governaments are negotiating for their share.
They let a fraud happen and now are waiting for payback!
If this is the truth..Kheny should be going back to Bidar where he try having his ways..
COMMENTS
Rithesh - 17 July, 2009 - 11:03
I think this is the essential difference between corruption in Karnataka and elsewhere. In other places, Mumbai, for example, people take money, but at the end of the day they deliver something which is of some reasonable quality. In Karnataka, basically money is taken and nothing is done. I suppose Kheny is bringing outside style corruption in to the state, while the existing people ( Deve et al. ) are teaching him the ways of Karnataka.
Your post sounds like you are OK with people looting farmers' lands and destroying lakes and forests, as long as they put up good roads or buildings. It is exactly this attitude coupled with our "chaltha hai" philosophy that has brought corruption to such dangerous levels. I would rather prefer not to have these roads at all than see the poor farmers loosing their lands and the enviroment being destroyed. I am sorry to be a bit rude - but we have to get ride of this paticular "urban middle class" mentality.
rs - 16 July, 2009 - 15:12
Hi
My feeling on this whole corruption / NICE issue is that -
a. There is terrific corruption quite evident all over the city. Take the number of times they remake the footpaths and roads, for example.
b. NICE / Kheny may be corrupt as hell - but at least, at the end of the day, if he produces a good highway some good would have come out of it.
c. I think this is the essential difference between corruption in Karnataka and elsewhere. In other places, Mumbai, for example, people take money, but at the end of the day they deliver something which is of some reasonable quality. In Karnataka, basically money is taken and nothing is done. I suppose Kheny is bringing outside style corruption in to the state, while the existing people ( Deve et al. ) are teaching him the ways of Karnataka.
d. It may be a huge land grab and Kheny may make a lot of money, but certainly if it is well done he would have given something of some value back. Unlike some others who have just robbed the state blind.
Ramesh
blrsri - 17 July, 2009 - 06:43
I was also of the same opinion till some time ago..they finish the job well..then its ok!
I was also at the inagural function in 2007..what a grand affair that was! DKS then in oposition was there..they did the function though Kumaraswamy was against it!
If the fraud is really that big to the tune of 7000 acres..the guilty need to be punished..both in the governament and ultimately Mr Kheny.
The PRR can complete and thats it..no more work on NICE to Mysore..they should be ordered to handover the excess land..and exit!
asj - 17 July, 2009 - 08:28
While the truth may come to light, what is very disturbing in this thread is the open acceptance of corruption by educated class in India.
ASJ
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