RTI Plea gathers Dust in Culture Ministry
Govt Denies Info about Restoration of Bahu Fort Wall
Jammu, 20/Jan/2014: The state government’s ministry of culture is shying away from providing information under RTI Act with regard to repair and restoration of a portion of wall of historic Bahu Fort of Jammu that was collapsed due to incessant rain on intervening night between 16 and 17 August last year.
An RTI application was filed with the General Administration Department (GAD) on 16/Nov/2013 along with the requisite fees which was further transferred by GAD to the ministry of Culture (J & K Govt) within 5 days with a direction to provide the asked information but despite over a long delay of over 2 months the culture ministry has not served any reply to the applicant Raman Sharma. Though as per the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act 2009, the information must be provided to the information seeker as expeditiously as soon as possible but not later than 30 days and in case when no response is made it is deemed as a refusal . While giving further detail about his RTI application, Raman informed that in his application he has sought information like “Whether any intimation or message was conveyed to J & K government about the condition of the said fort before the collapse of the said wall. If yes please provide copy of the same and the details of steps being taken by the J & K government on that” and name of the agency department that is monitoring the restoration work, name and particulars of any consultant agency whose proficiency is sought by the government and also about the amount sanctioned for restoration and copy of the tender documents etc. The information seekers said that the asked information was totally general in nature but deliberately the state government is denying it because they don’t believe in transparency and must be hiding facts from the people of Jammu to conceal its failure and criminal negligence, he also alleged that firstly the state government allowed this historic fort to collapse and now taking so much time even to start the restoration work . It is pertinent to mention here that after the collapse of a portion this historic Bahu fort , the state government was under severe criticism from social and political organizations and then to pacify the people the state government and its minister promised to complete the restoration work at an earliest .
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APPLICATION UNDER JAMMU AND KASHMIR RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2009.
To
The Public Information Officer,
General
Administration Department, Govt of J & K.
Civil
Secretariat, Jammu. 180001.
Respected
Sir,
Provide
me following details & Information under the provisions of Jammu
&Kashmir Right to Information Act, 2009. I am a permanent resident the State . An RTI fee of Rs. 10/- is also annexed with this application as
I.P.O vide no 08F 874922
INFORMATION SOUGHT
[ pertains to
collapsed wall of historic Bahu Fort at
district Jammu ]
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1. Kindly
provide the detail like name and particulars of the
agency/department/ministry that is monitoring
the supervision of restoration work of the said collapsed wall of the
historic Bahu Fort.
2.
Kindly
provide me the copy of the estimate report if any prepared till date for the
restoration of the above
said collapsed wall.
3.
Total
amount of money released so far for construction of the above said collapsed
wall.
4.
Total
amount of money released so far for construction of the above said collapsed
wall.
5.
Also
provide a copy of the work tender if any floated for restoration of the said
wall.
6.
As on date
as per official record the restoration work is being started yet or not.
7.
On what
date the restoration work shall be started.
8.
Also
intimate the detail i.e the kind of construction material that would be used
for the restoration of the
above said wall.
9.
Name the
consultant or any consultant agency whose consultation has been sough to
start the restoration work
of the collapsed wall.
10.
Whether
any intimation or message was conveyed to J & K government about the
condition of the said fort
before the collapse of the said wall. If yes please provide copy of the same and the details of steps being
taken by the J & K government on that.
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Dated:
16/Nov/2013 Applicant
RAMAN
SHARMA.
Address: XXXXX , JAMMU 180001, Mob: 9796811012,
e.mail: JKRTIACT@GMAIL.COM.
Kind Attention:
The Learned officer i.e Public Information officer is requested to timely
dispose of this RTI request as per the provisions of the Right to information
Act which clearly calls for promotion of transparency. To the best knowledge of
the applicant, the points of information sought in this application are not
covered under any exemption clause more specifically in section 8 of J & K RTI Act 2009. So it is hoped that
all the information shall be provided within stipulated period of time.
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| Historic Bahu Fort turned into Debris; Courtesy criminal negligence of JK Government |
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| Before Collapse : Historic Bahu Fort of Jammu, Witness of Jammu's History --------------- published in : Kashmir Times , Early Times, JK Newspoint, Rising Kashmir, State Times and many other dailies of Jammu on 21/Jan/2014 http://www.statetimes.in/news/govt-denies-info-restoration-bahu-fort-wall/ http://www.risingkashmir.com/govt-denies-info-about-restoration-of-bahu-fort-wall/ |
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