Denial
of interest to pensioners
Sir,
The Government professes to
be sympathetic towards senior citizens
but its callous attitude towards the
pensioners is evident from the
notification DIP/J-301 Dt. 24.4.2006
issued by the Director Funds
Organisation. According to this, a
pensioner is allowed interest on his GPF
deposits for 6 months only after his
retirement. What is worse, the rule has
been applied retrospectively to all the
pending cases. There is no precedence
when interest is denied retrospectively.
I retired from Government service in 2003
and started completing the complicated
formalities required for the submission
of the case (This includes getting
statements from all the places of posting
during the last two decades). When I
submitted the case in 2006, the interest
for 3 years was denied.
The said notification is
unjust and unfair to the pensioners who
need all sympathy in the evening of their
lives. Even those who retire now should
not be held responsible for the delay in
the submission of the cases. On the other
hand, it should be made imperative for
the concerned officers to process the
cases just after the retirement of the
submission.
Yours
etc......
J. R. Sharma
Shiva Nagar,
Kathua
Water
scarcity
Sir,
The damage caused to Shitlee
filtration plant has resulted into a
serious scarcity of water in the areas
which were supplied by the plant. To the
chargin of the public and the PHE these
areas are vast. Almost all of the old
city, New Plot, Janipur, Rehari etc. were
supplied by this filtration plant. With
the result the PHE department is not able
to cope up with the situation. The
blocking of BC Road by angry mob
protesting against the shortage of
drinking water is quite natural. Afterall
water is crucial to for life and how can
people remain calm and pacified when such
an essential thing is in short supply.
Similarly the water crisis
is in other areas also. Chief Minister
had ordered digging of borewells to
augment the water supply to these areas.
Some have been made operational but more
are needed to be dug soon. In the
meanwhile optimum use of water tankers
should be made so that water is supplied
equitably to the areas which are badly
hit. The public should also use water
judiciously so that it is not wasted
anymore.
Yours
etc.....
Anil Koul
Poonch House
Environment
degradation
Sir,
I would like to draw kind
attention of the concerned authorities
towards environmental degradation due to
various human activities. With rapid
urbanisation and industrialisation owing
to the overgrowing population the
environment around us is deteriorating at
an alarming rate. With the coming up of
major developmental projects.
We must wake up and realise
about this serious threat and make the
environment clean. The concerned deptts,
agencies, NGO's, social organisations,
educations institutions must act in an
coordinated manner to make the general
public aware about the significance of
clean environment. We all must give a
serious thought to this vital issue of
grave concern for all of us. There is a
primary and utmost need to generate
'Awareness' among the masses vis-a-vis
proper enforcement of environmental laws
in stringout manner. Those who are doing
commendable service to save environment
and helping to inculcate environment
awareness among others, must be suitably
rewarded. At last, I would like to
conclude that 'Where there is will there
is way', hence we must reorieate our
thinking and change and mindset so as to
make our environment neat and clean to
live in pollution free and environmental
- friendly surroundings.
Yours
etc....
Lokinder Singh Ravi
Chhanni Rama
Jammu
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