Date:
13.9.14
To,
Sh.
Sukhbir Singh Badal,
Deputy
Chief Minister,
Government
of Punjab,
Chandigarh
REPRESENTATION
Dear Mr. Deputy CM,
In response to your invitation to applications/complaints
on your E-mail Id, I hereby avail this opportunity of drawing your attention to
some problems of common man which should be enough to deflate your tall
boastings of good governance and slogans of ‘Raj nahi Seva’ in the state. Though
there are countless problems for the people, the below mentioned a few should
be enough to show you the mirror:
1.
Electricity Bills:
(i)
The
last date for payment of bills through cheques is shorter than that by the DD
and in cash. The payment of bills above
Rs. 5000/- is not accepted in cash though the lowering purchase value of rupee
amply shows that Rs. 5000/- is very meager amount and most of the consumers
receive bill exceeding this amount. The
excuse taken by the PSPCL staff is the security threat to cash. This excuse adequately
exposes your law & order situation in the state. Then the Bills are in horrible condition. The
entries of charges imposed do not match with their respective heads.
Consequently, one cannot make out anything from these bills. Completely jumbled
up bills only are tools of exploitation of consumers. Additionally, the
contents on these bills disappear after very short period because of the low
quality temporary ink. This is solely with the ulterior motive of looting
innocent people through crook ways so that one may not be able to read a bill.
(ii)
Though the power tariff hike surreptitiously
for electricity is a very routine phenomenon, yet people are made to face long
power cuts. This falsifies all your assurances give to people of Punjab in
recent Assembly elections to make the state ‘a power surplus state’.
2.
Parking Mafia:
The parking mafia in the whole state
of Punjab is working fearlessly, and certainly not without the patronization of
political bosses. On almost every parking stand, much higher rates are charged
than the prescribed one. Anyone objecting to that is abused, harassed and
beaten mercilessly. The administrative officials are either hands in gloves
with the parking mafia or they are helpless in front of political leaders who
are suspectedly silent partners in those parking contracts. For example, in
multi level parking in Mini secretariat, Ludhiana, the goons are so bold that
they openly charge extra and put down any resistance by the stand users
mercilessly. The bouncers of the contractor deployed there beat a vehicle owner
mercilessly and broke his one rib on 18.6.14. The DC, Ludhiana, was reported
the whole incident then & there, but no action is yet visible. Extra charging there is continuing unabated.
3.
High Security Number Plates:
Applying for High Security Number Plates
(HSNPs) for old vehicles or getting fitted those plates on new/old vehicles is
not an easy task. The work of preparing HSNPs for old or new vehicles is
outsourced to a company Agros Impex(I) Pvt. Ltd., Kharar, Dist. Mohali, Punjab
- 140301. It is the bounden duty of this company to create adequate
infrastructure for the work and provide hassle free service to the applicants,
but the long queues for this purpose are the self evident indicators of the
deficiency in service due to inadequate infrastructure and consequent
corruption there. Applying for a new HSNP and getting it fitted on one’ vehicle
is considered a very big achievement. News on this issue keep appearing in the
media, but the government has intentionally closed its ears & eyes to this
grave problem of people.
Dear Sir, the above mentioned issues
are just a few of the numerous one that torment people one way or the other.
Land mafia, sand mafia, transport mafia, cable mafia and what not have taken
the whole state in their grip, and people are reeling under corruption,
inflation and your misrule. Despite all this you feel proud in boasting about
your good governance. People certainly want to get rid of this type of ‘Raj’ as
well as ‘Seva’.
A word of acknowledgement shall be
appreciated.
Surinder
Pal Advocate
Ludhiana