The Indian Express-Parivartan initiative to organise an RTI camp in Rohini has motivated people to look around them and ask questions.
‘‘Most of the people here stay in co-operative societies and there are financial irregularities in the governing bodies,’’ says Durgesh Kumar. ‘‘Most of them ask people to shell out anything between Rs 20,000 and Rs 1 lakh as entry fee before they can take possession of these flats. I want to know what is the legal status of this entry fee? How does the Registrar of Co-operative Societies justify this?’’
R C Jain feels ‘‘water is a major problem here. Most societies here have a single-point water connection and pressure is so low that our underground tanks cannot be filled. I want to know if Delhi Jal Board has made any proper provisions of water supply in this area. If yes, how come we face a water shortage?’’
Encroachments by hawkers and broken pavements are other issues he wants to raise through RTI.
‘‘Transport is quite a problem here. Sectors 12, 13 and 14 have almost no mode of public transport available. Earlier there was a bus service but DTC suddenly stopped that,’’ said Sanjeev Kumar, who has already filed an RTI with the forest department about ‘‘illegal felling of trees’’. He says he is yet to get a reply.
Dr M L Verma has got several questions: ‘‘NDPL charges us commercial rates for the streetlights in our society. I want to know why is it so when it’s a residential society? I also want to know why the internal roads in Rohini are so potholed? Where do my MLA funds go? How come there are no garbage dumps in Rohini?’’
Many of these questions will, hopefully, be answered as Rohini residents learn to wield the RTI tomorrow.