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Government of India has an online Grievance forum at http://www.pgportal.gov.in
Can you imagine this is happening in INDIA?
The govt. wants people to use this tool to highlight the problems they faced while dealing with Government officials or departments like
1) Railways
2) Posts
3) Telecom (incl. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) & Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
4) Urban Development (Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Land & Development Office (L&DO), Central Public Works Department (CPWD), etc)
5) Petroleum & Natural Gas
6) Civil Aviation (Air India, Airports Authority of India, etc)
7) Shipping, Road Transport & Highways
8) Tourism
9) Public Sector Banks
Allahabad Bank Andhra Bank Bank of Baroda Bank of India Bank of Maharashtra Canara Bank Central Bank of India Corporation Bank Dena Bank Indian Bank Indian Overseas Bank Industrial Development Bank of India Ltd National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Oriental Bank of Commerce Punjab & Sind Bank Punjab National Bank Small Industries Development Bank of India State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur State Bank of Hyderabad State Bank of India State Bank of Indore State Bank of Mysore State Bank of Patiala State Bank of Travancore Syndicate Bank UCO Bank Union Bank of India United Bank of India Vijaya Bank
10) Public Sector Insurance Companies
GIC of India Life Insurance Corporation of India National Insurance Company Ltd. The New India Assurance Company Ltd. The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. United India Insurance Company Ltd.
11) National Saving Scheme of Ministry of Finance
12) Employees' Provident Fund Organization
13) Regional Passport Authorities
Regional Passport Office, Ahemadabad Regional Passport Office, Amritsar Regional Passport Office, Bangalore Regional Passport Office, Bareilly Regional Passport Office, Bhopal Regional Passport Office, Bhubaneswar Regional Passport Office, Chandigarh Regional Passport Office, Chennai Regional Passport Office, Cochin Regional Passport Office, Coimbatore Regional Passport Office, Dehradun Regional Passport Office, Delhi Regional Passport Office, Ghaziabad Regional Passport Office, Goa Regional Passport Office, Guwahati Regional Passport Office, Hyderabad Regional Passport Office, Jaipur Regional Passport Office, Jalandhar Regional Passport Office, Jammu Regional Passport Office, Kolkata Regional Passport Office, Kozhikode Regional Passport Office, Lucknow Regional Passport Office, Madurai Regional Passport Office, Malappuram Regional Passport Office, Mumbai Regional Passport Office, Nagpur Regional Passport Office, Patna Regional Passport Office, Pune Regional Passport Office, Raipur Regional Passport Office, Ranchi Regional Passport Office, Shimla Regional Passport Office, Srinagar Regional Passport Office, Surat Regional Passport Office, Thane Regional Passport Office, Trichy Regional Passport Office, Trivandrum Regional Passport Office, Visakhapatnam
14) Central Government Health Scheme
15) Central Board of Secondary Education
16) Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
17) National Institute of Open Schooling
18) Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti
19) Central Universities
20) ESI Hospitals and Dispensaries directly controlled by ESI Corporation under Ministry of Labour
Many of us say that these things don't work in India.
Couple of months back, the Faridabad Municipal Corporation laid new roads in his area and the residents were very happy about it. But 2 weeks later, BSNL dug up the newly laid roads to install new cables which annoyed all the residents. A resident used the above listed grievance forum to highlight his concern. To his surprise, BSNL and Municipal Corporation of Faridabad were served a show cause notice and the guy received a copy of the notice in one week. Government has asked the MC and BSNL about the goof up as it's clear that both the government departments were not in sync at all.
So use this grievance forum and educate others who don't know about this facility.
This way we can at least raise our concerns instead of just talking about the 'System' in India.
Invite your friends to contribute for many such happenings.
PLEASE SPREAD THIS MESSAGE IF U WANT OUR INDIA TO HAVE A BETTER TOMORROW.
Some of Nri people purchased Houses & villas at Irumbanam ,Kochi &
Here see some of incidents happened in Industrial area near to HPCL AND BPCL. at Irumbanam.
Kerala ammonia leak: at Irumbanam, - Several hospitalised-
courtesy to (rediff.com/news/2007/may/11ker.htm)May 11, 2007 02:00 IST
Several persons were rushed to a hospital in Kochi on Thursday night following ammonia gas leakage from an area close to the Fertilizer and Chemical Travancore plant at Irumbanam,
The leak was not from any tanker lorry, sources said adding, FACT officials had informed them the trucks were not filled with the gas since Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Ram Vilas Paswan visited the unit on Thursday.
Residents of Irumbanam area near Tripunithura, where the plant is located, were shifted to a relief camp.
Fire department sources said the gas was suspected to have leaked from the ammonia plant.
Panic spread in the area at around 8.30 pm when there was a smell of ammonia gas and locals complained of itching in the eyes and uneasiness.They were shifted to a relief camp set up at Tripunithura Government High School
Last time Social reforms enacted in the late 19th century by Travancore and Cochin chem plant were expanded .... following a suspected ammonia gas leak at Irumbanam, near Kochi & Gas leak triggers panic near Thripunithura.
News -courtesy to The Hindu, Online edition of India's National Newspaper, Friday, May 11,2007
Three persons hospitalised, 100 in relief camp
People being shifted to a relief camp opened at the Government
Boy's High School, Thripunithura, following a gas leak on Thursday night. Police has to break the lock of the school gate to open the relief camp in the school .
The irony is then after local Govt authority ordered that : "A spare gate key should keep in a house near to that school for the future needs ".
KOCHI: Hundreds of people were shifted to safer locations after a gas leak spread panic
at Irumpanam and surrounding areas, near Thripunithura, on Thursday night. More than
100 people were taken to a relief camp opened at the Government Boy's High School,
Thripunithura, after they complained of uneasiness.
Three persons were admitted to the Government hospital in Thripunitura.
Though reports suggested that it could have been from Fertilizers and
Chemicals Travancore, Cochin Division, company officials rejected the rumour, saying
that its ammonia plant was not in operation.
The gas leak was first experienced at around 7.30 p.m. In the beginning, the odour was
faint, but it become intense by around 8 p.m., triggering doubts of a serious leak.
Several families of Laksham colony, Karshaka colony and Bhaskaran colony, near Irumpanam, got nausea and breathing difficulties.
Prince, who runs a CD shop at Irumpanam, said that he told his family to leave the place
immediately. "The children could not bear the smell. While my wife and children left the
place, I remained at home," he said.
Rajappan, a resident of Bhaskaran colony, said that his children developed nausea and
vomiting following the leak. "Though we have been experiencing such smell, ( it is normal )this time ' it
was really tough. Many had the feeling that the situation might go out of control," he said.
Air pollution in this area is normal becasue of Hpcl,Bpcl burners & The Chemical Industries.
Still the Tension prevailed in Irumpanam because the source of the gas leak is unknown - residents
complained to the police and district authorities .
Onam Celebrations 2008
Blackburn malayalee club members celebrated onam in traditional style-King Mahabali with onam songs, Thiruvathira kali, karoke Ganamela & other songs,onam sadhya, and the onam games as well -kids ball passing, musical chair - (ladies,gents &kids),single dance, classical dance. Dr.Fleming's Mother in law Mrs.Kochama gave a inspiring speech about the history of King Mahabali . The event concluded with the winner’s prize distribution .
Trip to next olympic city London.
BMC members had a fantastic 4 days trip to next Olympic city London. The distinctive bowl-shaped stadium is taking shape at East London (central London to Olympic Park will take just seven minutes).. The budget for the 80,000 seated -capacity Olympic Stadium venue will be £525million. The stadium will cover an area of 40 acres, five times the size of the Houses of Parliament and will be 174ft high, which is taller than Nelson’s Column at 164ft & countdown to the opening ceremony on Sunday July 27, 2012 .They also visited the Queen's Buckingham Palace, Parliament House, London Bridge, London eye, Madame Tussauds , museums, cathedral & etc, it was a fascinating & perceptive experience for the children on their school holidays.
GCSE Exams- High score .
Ansen Kuruvilla achieved highest outstanding scores in GCSE Exams. Congratulations from Blackburn Malayalee club and were delighted and overjoyed with his result .
