The Additional Commission of Police (Traffic), K. Kaumudi, announced that the Traffic Police Deparment intends to conduct open house discussions on Traffic Management in the city on June 22, Sunday. The following are the time and venue in various zones:
Traffic Division #1: Mahankali Market, Gopalapuram, Chilakalaguda, Lalaguda, Tukaram Gate, Marredpally, Karkhana, Bowenpally, Trimulgherry, Bollaram police station jurisdrictions
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Venue: St. Patrick's School, Secunderabad (Near Manohar Talkies)
Concerned ACP: Jaya Rao (94906-16007)
Traffic Division #2: Panjagutta, S.R. Nagar, Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, Begampet, Ramgopalpet police station jurisdrictions
Time: 9 a.m.
Venue: Jaya Garden Function Hall, Somajiguda
Concerned ACP: T. Ram Sudhakar (94906-16022)
Traffic Division #3: Abids, Saifabad, Chikkadpally, Narayanaguda, Musheerabad, Gandhi Nagar police station jurisdrictions
Time: 9 a.m.
Venue: Ruby Garden Function Hall, King Kothi
Concerned ACP: A.K. Dubey (94906-16041)
Traffic Division #4: Begum Bazar, Nampally, Habeeb Nagar, Mangalhat, Shah-inayat Gunj, Kulsumpura, Tappachabutra, Asif Nagar, Langar House, Golconda, Humayun Nagar police station jurisdrictions
Time: 10 a.m.
Venue: Sabha Function Hall, Nampally (Right beside Nampally Police Station)
Concerned ACP: B.R. Baig (94906-16056)
Traffic Division #5: Old City, Sultan Bazar, Afzal Gunj, Amberpet, Kacheguda, Osmania University, Nallakunta, Malakpet, Chaderghat, Saidabad police station jurisdrictions
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Venue: S.S. Gardens, Nalgonda X Roads
Concerned ACP: T. Ramesh (94906-16083)
Agenda: (Estimated time of discussions: ~2 hours)
* Traffic jams - frequently occuring areas and solutions
* Parking - issues and solutions
* Suggestions for new one way routes in residential colonies
* Invitations to Volunteers and Traffic Wardens from among citizens
* Any other issues pertaining to Traffic
Attendees:
Representatives from
* Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC)
* Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) & SETWIN
* Cantonment Board Members (in Secunderabad Zone only)
Please circulate this information to all individuals and organizations you know.
(Courtesy: Eenadu, Hyderabad Edition, June 20, 2008)
Friday, June 20, 2008
Saturday, January 05, 2008
11th Five-Year Plan (2007-2012) to focus on Education
It looks like the Prime Minister (who's also the Chairman of the Planning Commission, according to the Constitution of India) Manmohan Singh is planning a very ambitious Five-Year Plan! More details are awaited, of course, as to how much funds could be alloted, how the funding requirement is met, how this affects the pay scales and fees of educational institutions, what is being done towards non-technical/medical education, etc. are not yet known.
So, what will this focus on education bring to the country as a part of the 11th Five-Year Plan 2007-2012)?
- 19 % allocation to education (as opposed to 7.7 % in the 10th Five-Year Plan).
- 30 Central Universities
- 7 IIMs (Indian Institues of Management)
- 8 IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology)
- 20 IIITs (Indian Institutes of Information Technology)
- 5 IISERs (Indian Institutes of Science, Education, and Research)
- 1600 ITIs (Industrial Technical Institutes)
- 10,000 Vocational schools
- 50,000 ICT-based Skill Development Centers
The 10th Five-Year Plan ended in March 2007, and the Prime Minister has apparently revealed all this information in his message for India's 60th Independence Day in the year 2007 (http://pmindia.nic.in/speech/content.asp?id=570) but this time, he spoke on the eve of 95th National Science Congress.
Source: A news story in Telugu daily newspaper Eenadu, dated January 04, 2008:
India had been independent for 60 years, but the country never had an opportunity to focus any of its Five-Year Plans on Education, since there were other issues that were more important at every juncture. Thus, we should welcome this emphasis on education warmly. However, it's disappointing that all these numbers only talk about engineering, science, and technology but nothing is spoken about education in the field of medicine or in other fields such as law or liberal arts or other fields of the academia. Let's hope the final plans have something towards this end too.
Policing gets better... or so I think
Check out http://www.saferindia.com/
Kiran Bedi, the famous woman police officer of India that now resigned due to apparently distasteful decisions (?) by the government, has now started this Mission "to strengthen Police services to provide Safer India and NOT an alternative to Police responsibilities" by acting as "a bridge between the Police and the complainant". (There are other ex-IPS officers and other bigwigs with her in this Mission.)
The ex-police officer gives the due regard to the Police system in India, by emphasizing that one should contact Safer India only after lodging a complaint with the local police and visiting them a few times and if inaction still persists. It's interesting to see that the Mission operates electronically in all its correspondence between the complainant and the police. Given the reasons for Ms. Bedi's resignation, and her track record, I see this attempted mission as a good start towards better policing in India. Now, it's up to the citizens to approach the police without giving the common yet lame excuse that the police wouldn't care.
Source: A news item in the Telugu daily newspaper Eenadu:
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