The SRA Project near BPCL which will house around 12000 people has been a strong point in the Citizens Charter for the Election Candidates of Mumbai South Central Constituency. With its proximity to possible prime terrorist targets like Mahul refinery, Tata Electricity Company’s plant and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, these high-rise residential building are alleged to be a security threat…

Earlier Posts …

• Is There Security Threat To TATA Electric, BPCL And BARC?
• BPCL PLEA : “HC Should Decide The Matter Within Three Months”

The Centre on Wednesday informed the Bombay high court that the slum rehabilitation project coming up outside the Bharat Petroleum. The home ministry said it fears that the construction, which was creating nearly 12,000 residences, would attract people without a background check and this could prove risky to the security of the various sensitive installations in the vicinity.

The refinery, which was set up in 1955 and produces 12 million metric tonnes of highly inflammable petroleum products annually, is also believed to be on the intelligence agencies’ radar as a potential terror target.

As reported in TOI on 6 May 2009, by Swati Deshpande .. read full story  ”SRA bldgs near refinery a security threat: Centre”

Pestom Sagar advanced locality management (PSALM)  have again managed to shake and stir BMC, Make right use of RTI( Right To Information) and  get more peace into Pestom Sagar… 

As reported in DNA by Ashutosh Shukla Wednesday, May 6, 2009 :  ”Determined, they nailed PIO’s wrong info report” :-

 Officials regularly tell lies and rarely get caught. But this one time, a public information officer (PIO) was caught telling a lie under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, and his superior officer had to give a written acknowledgement of that lie.

The noise emanating from 12 repair workshops near Nana-Nani Park at Pestom Sagar, Chembur, was a source of harassment to the residents there. The residents had already complained to authorities concerned seeking relief from the noise, particularly since the area was earmarked as a silence zone.

“Sleeping or studying was a big problem and we kept on reminding the authorities,” said V Sangole, a member of the Pestom Sagar advanced locality management (PSALM). When the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) did not act, residents decided to file a plea under RTI Act in January seeking details of the licence given to two workshops which made the most noise.

“What surprised us was that BMC’s public information officer said these shops do not keep machines, while we saw them being used,” said GR Gaonkar, another resident. “We contested his claim and took the matter to first appellate authority (FAA),” said Sangole, adding that initially the FAA, who is the executive engineer, BMC, sided with the PIO.

The residents bolstered their case with information from other officials. “The licence department gave us a list of activities that were conducted by these shops, including cutting and treating of metals with the use of machines,” said Sangole. When presented with this evidence, the FAA had to state in writing his PIO had told a lie. Now, two weeks later, all the shops have stopped their metal works, while one has shut down.

Some of the government and consumer organisation websites where one can lodge consumer complaints in India are:

1. http://www.cag.gov.in/
2. http://www.cai-india.org/
3. http://www.cccindia.net/
4. http://www.cercindia.org/
5. http://www.cgsiindia.org/
6. http://www.confonet.nic.in/
7. http://www.consumercomplaints.in/
8. http://www.consumerhelpline.in/
9. http://www.consumeronline.org/
10. http://www.consumer-voice.in/
11. http://www.corecentre.co.in/
12. http://www.icrpc.org/
13. http://www.iepf.gov.in/
14. http://www.investorhelpline.in/
15. http://www.irda.gov.in/
16. http://www.karmayog.org/
17. http://www.ncdrc.nic.in/
18. http://www.pgportal.gov.in/
19. http://investor.sebi.gov.in/
20. https://secweb.rbi.org.in/BO/compltindex.htm

This list is courtesy of Shri Mohan Siroya of Consumer Complaints Cell.

Please inform what have been your experiences with these or any other website or institutional mechanism, to cccell@hotmail.com