Re: [IAC#RG] PUBLIC GRIEVANCE: DMRC - 00001

Dear Mr Malik,   Heartening to see you talking on a topic of real concern and an imaginary one.   Thanks.   Yours sincerely,   Ashok Coomar          -------Original Message-------   From: Veeresh Malik Date: 9/11/2013 6:01:01 PM To: indiaresists@lists.riseup.net Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] PUBLIC GRIEVANCE: DMRC - 00001   Hi Sarbajit - good cause, let us follow it up? The case we can make is this:- 1) Delhi Metro is a "Public Authority" not deniable. 2) The right to fresh air and sweet/drinking water as per below is enshrined and ipso facto becomes incumbent on all public authorities to ensure provision of same (read both together, not separately) 3)Therefore ALL public authorities are bound by the Constitution to provide fresh air and sweet water. Now, is this free or is this at a price? Is fresh air priced? No, it is free. Therefore, sweet potable drinking water also has to be free. With a little tweaking, this can become an electoral issue. I will also search the Railway Act for this? Best/Veeresh Here's some ammo:- http://www.righttowater.info/progress-so-far/national-legislation-on-the-right-to-water/#IN India                         The Supreme Court has ruled that both water and sanitation are part of the constitutional right to life (Article 21). The Court has stated that  'the right to access to clean drinking water is fundamental to life and there is a duty on the state under Article 21to provide clean drinking water to its citizens' A.P. Pollution Control Board II v Prof. M.V. Naidu and Others (Civil Appeal Nos. 368-373 of 1999). http://www.righttowater.info/progress-so-far/timeline/legal-redress/the-right-to-water-under-the-right-to-life-india-2/   On 11 September 2013 08:16, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote: To: Shri Raj Kumar Kardam Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety(Northern Circle). CRIS COMPLEX, CHANAKYAPURI, NEW DELHI. Ref: DMRC/2013/E/00001 Date: 11-Sep-2013 Sir PUBLIC GRIEVANCE: On behalf of the citizens I am constrained to complain as follows:- 1) That there is apparently no provision to provide free drinking water to citizens at well marked and easily accessible locations in the controlled ares of DMRC network/stations. 2) I am constrained to say this on the complaint of  some police officers to me at Rajiv Chowk Metro station who were discussing the situation whereby they are denied drinking water facility and have no place to even sit / conduct interrogations because DMRC has let out the area marked for  their Police Post in Rajiv Chowk Metro Station to a well known coffee chain where water is sold at about Rs. 45 per 1 litre bottle. 3) For example, I am given to understand that the juvenile offender/accused pickpocket "Pappu Kumar" age about 10 years apprehended at about 8:00 PM at Rajiv Chowk was without drinking water till about 11:45 PM after he was booked at Raja Garden Metro Police Station, because there is no free drinking water available in the controlled areas of DMRC for the Police to provide to him. This is surely a human rights violation of citizens, seeing as how the interrogation of the offender was conducted in the main control room of Rajiv Gandhi Metro Station (where there is no drinking water either to provide the offender/accused or the police). 4) Being greatly surprised at the information from the Delhi Police, I conducted my brief initial enquiry and could confirm the same. Kindly look into the matter, as I am given to understand that the control/supervision of  design and operation of DMRC stations also falls under your mandate. Kindly acknowledge this email by return indicating a time-line to resolution by your office. With best wishes Er. Sarbajit Roy National Convenor India Against Corruption, jan andolan 2nd floor, B-59 Defence Colony New Delhi 110024 Tel : 09311448069 Post: "indiaresists@lists.riseup.net" Exit: "indiaresists-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net" Quit: "https://lists.riseup.net/www/signoff/indiaresists" Help: https://help.riseup.net/en/list-user WWW : http://indiaagainstcorruption.net.in Post: "indiaresists@lists.riseup.net" Exit: "indiaresists-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net" Quit: "https://lists.riseup.net/www/signoff/indiaresists" Help: https://help.riseup.net/en/list-user WWW : http://indiaagainstcorruption.net.in