For more than a week, a special cleaning operation was on in 'A' block of Pragati Apartments. Now when the work was over and we in PARWA EC were feeling great about it, a resident stepped out of an apartment and threw a plastic bag full of kachra in the shaft. It is one example but most of the residents are indulge in similar acts. What these residents are trying to prove? Are they putting PARWA EC on notice that they will continue doing their job of throwing kachra here and there. Any thing can change in Pragati Apartments but they will not change their kachra habits.
OK dear kachra throwing residents, we in PARWA EC are on your notice. You keep on doing your job. We will keep on doing our job. Let us see who wins? Kachra throwers or kachra cleaners? Kachra cleaners' job has become really difficult, courtesy these kachra throwers.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
"You do your job, we will do our job"
Friday, June 26, 2009
Team work - Together Everyone Achieves More
There was a farmer who grew superior quality and award-winning corn.
Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won honor and
prizes.
One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learnt something
interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the
farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors'.
"How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors
when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?" the
reporter asked.
"Why sir, "said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen
from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my
neighbors grow inferior, sub-standard and poor quality corn,
cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am
to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn."
The farmer gave a superb insight into the connectedness of life. His
corn cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn also improves. So it is
in the other dimensions! Those who choose to be at harmony must help
their neighbors and colleagues to be at peace... Those who choose to
live well must help others to live well. The value of a life is measured
by the lives it touches.
SUCCESS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN ISOLATION. IT IS VERY OFTEN
A PARTICIPATIVE AND COLLECTIVE PROCESS.
So share the good practices, ideas, new leanings with your family, team
members, neighbors. All the Successes is a Team Work of a family, group,
enterprise, corporation... In fact TEAM as an acronym of letters T,E,A,M
T Together
E Everyone
A Achieves
M More
Courtesy Vasantha Raman, 346 - Pragati Apartments
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Second meeting of PARWA EC
PARWA EC had its second meeting on 14.06.2009.
Click the following link to read and/or download the minutes of the meeting:
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Friday, June 5, 2009
World Environment Day
Jun 5 is celebrated as World Environment Day.
Are you environment friendly? Are you ready to unite to combat climate change? It is so simple to reverse climate change, only we have to change our habits.
SWITCH OFF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTS NOT BEING USED.
USE ENERGY SAVING LIGHTS & SOLAR WATER HEATERS.
PLANT MORE TREES.
USE POLLUTION-FREE TRANSPORT.
CONSERVE WATER.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
PARWA MAY 2009 LOG
New EC of PARWA took charge on 11 May 2009. On 13 May 2009, it had its first meeting. Details of decisions taken in this meeting are posted on this blog.
EC has taken up various issues:
a)Security has been strengthened. Vice-president himself is monitoring security arrangements.PARWA EC has adopted a Zero-tolerance policy in security lapses. Full cooperation of all residents is required in implementation of this policy.
b) A room cooler has been provided in 'Manoranjn Kaksh' which is used by senior citizens, ladies and children.
c) Defective water cooler has been repaired for providing cold water, a necessity in summer season.
d) Accumulated garbage including malwa lying for long time in front of flat nos. 77 and 278 is being removed. Residents should ensure that accumulation does not take place in future and garbage-malwa is removed as soon as the work is over.
e) Defective light fittings have been rectified and damaged cables have been replaced.
f) Details of Rs. 96000/- sanctioned for PARWA members' welfare have been asked under RTI Act.
g) PARWA EC organized a week long camp to assist residents in depositing their property tax. Shri R. K. Chadha, Joint Secretary, provided the necessary assistance.
h) Work of providing spiral-barbed wire on the boundary wall between Pragati Apartments and ESI Dispensary has started, and will be completed shortly. 
Communications have been addressed to various departments. Some of them are:
Date: 21.05.2009
Subject – Covering of Nala from Ordinance Depot to Najafgarh Drain in West Delhi
Addressed to Shri K. S. Mehra, Commissioner, MCD
For last more than five years, Pragati Apartments Residents Welfare Association has been in correspondence with MCD and Delhi Government on the above subject. Our last letter was addressed to your office on 15.10.2008, reply to which is still awaited.
Everybody felt relieved when work on covering the Nala started., but suddenly the work stopped when it approached Pragati Apartments. After some time the work re-started but by bypassing Pragati Apartments. Since then we are in touch with concerned authorities but no satisfactory reply is given by them.
We fail to understand why the work of covering Nala by the side of Pragati Apartments has been stopped. Which authority has taken this decision and for what reasons this decision has been taken? This sudden and unreasonable stoppage of work has disturbed all the residents, and PARWA executive is under tremendous pressure from them.
We would request you get it examined and to inform us the reasons for which this work has stopped and when will it re-start. We will also request you to reply our letter of 15.10.2008.
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Date: 21.05.2009
Subject – Supply of PNG in Pragati Apartments
Addressed to Manager Marketing, Indraprastha Gas Limited
Your company is supplying PNG in our apartments. There are many issues of concern which we wish to bring to your notice:
a) In first phase, residents were charged Rs. 7500 for a PNG domestic connection, but in second phase left out residents have been charged Rs. 5000. This has created a lot of resentment in residents who came forward and took connections when your company first approached us.
b) In some flats, PNG is being supplied but no meter reader is visiting and bills are not being raised.
c) In some flats, gas meter has been provided but it has not been connected to gas stove.
d) In some flats, connection has been completed but gas is not being supplied.
We would request you to get it examined and to take immediate action to remove the above grievances of the residents.
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IMPORTANT NOTE
There was a fire in electric meters chamber in staircase of flat nos 137-144 on 25 May 2009 at about 4.00 PM. With the grace of God the fire was contained, as Vice-president, Joint Secretary and other residents took prompt action to douse the fire. However, Fire Brigade officials have taken great objection to the haphazard parking of cars and two-wheelers. Because of this fire tender could not reach the site of fire. They have warned that any such situation in future may lead to a big tragedy and residents will only have themselves to blame.
PARWA EC has always been putting emphasis on proper parking of cars and two-wheelers inside apartment’s premises, but many residents have not extended required cooperation in this effort. The parking problem is aggravating rather than being solved. Some residents park their vehicles in a manner that occupies more space. Malwa from flats under renovation is not removed for longer periods and occupies the space where cars should be parked. Some residents have put flower pots and other things in front of their flats and park their cars on the road. These are some examples because of which vehicles occupy more space than required. All residents should realize that parking problem can be solved only with the cooperation of all residents.
Those residents who have not yet completed verification of their vehicles with RC are requested to immediately complete this action, so that stickers can be issued to them. This is urgently required to weed out unauthorized vehicles from being parked in the apartments’ premises. PARWA EC is soon going to identify such vehicles and give their list to Delhi Police for removing them from Pragati Apartments. Misplaced convenience of few can not be allowed to create inconvenience to all residents.
PARWA has been constituted for residents’ welfare. Let us work to achieve this goal. Please extend full cooperation for yours and others’ welfare.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
First meeting of PARWA EC
Parwa EC had its first meeting on 12th May 2009. President Shri G. S. Sharma chaired the meeting. Various important issues were discussed which included Security. Following decisions were taken:
FINANCIAL MATTERS
1. Income & expenditure statement of PARWA accounts will be prepared for each three-months period and will be discussed and finalized in subsequent month.
2. Resources should also be created through advertisements on blank boards near gate No. 2, 3 and 4.
3. Pending dues should be collected from those PARWA members who have defaulted in payment.
SECURITY MATTERS
4. A private security agency may be engaged for providing security in apartments, firstly for 3 months on trial basis. Minimum 8 to 9 guards should be placed on duty which will include PARWA’s own security guards.
5. Gate No. 4 should be modified. Gaps below the gates should be covered to prevent dogs entering the apartments.
6. As per information provided by Mr. Chadha, work on RBT fencing, adjacent to Community Center has been sanctioned by Finance Section of concerned civic agency and tenders will be floated shortly. The left out 40 feet boundary wall adjacent to ESI dispensary wall will be raised by PARWA. School boundary wall will be raised by MCD. It was decided to regularly follow up on these jobs, by interacting with concerned agencies.
NOMINATIONS
7. Shri R. K.Chadha was nominated as Joint Secretary.
8. Shri V. K. Singhal agreed to complete the left out work of Master Ledgers.
9. Shri A. L. Kareer was included in EC as representative of tenants.
SUB-COMMITTEES
10. Four sub-committees on Maintenance, Security, Cultural matters and Accounts will be constituted in next EC meeting.
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
11. EC was informed that tender for dense carpeting of roads inside apartments has been awarded by the civic agency and the work is likely to be started shortly.
12. The CC pavements for the remaining portion in Block A is to be got done and MCD is likely to approve the budget shortly.
13. MCD should be approached for providing curved stones in all the parks and re-painted the existing ones.
14. House Tax camp should be organized to help the residents in depositing the tax.
15. IGL authorities have been contacted to complete the remaining work in left out flats. It should be followed up with them.
16. Shri Vats has offered to donate a computer to PARWA. A printer should be purchased for printing. In the meantime, Shri Gupta will help in typing the letters etc on his computer.
17. A quarterly news letter will be issued to apprise PARWA members of various developments.
18. Monthly EC meeting will be held on every second Sunday of the month.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
A new beginning
Greeting from PARWA EC to all residents of Pragati Apartments.
New Executive Committee of PARWA held its first meeting on 13th May 2009. In this meeting it was decided to create a personal blog of PARWA. This blog will serve as a platform for disseminating information to make working of PARWA more effective and transparent. It wil also be used as a communication channel between PARWA EC and residents of Pragati Apartments, and also between residents.
PARWA now has an e-mail address - mailparwa@gmail.com. Residents can send their views on this address. Residents can also use chat box 'COMMUNICATE' at the top right hand corner of the blog.
