|
|
|
| VIP visits causing traffic jams |
|
| |
Sir, I am one of those unfortunate souls, who need to use the Hosur Road to commute to work everyday. Every other day, I face a traffic jam for more than two hours simply because a VIP is visiting the Infosys or the Wipro campus.
Why do we, the hapless average Bangloreans, have to suffer simply because a VIP visiting the Infosys campus?
Infosys and Wipro may be world famous and earning a lot of money, but to me, it makes no difference. All I can say is that it has caused more traffic jams, created an unnecessary and unrealistic price increase for real estate, wrecked the balance of life in Bangalore.
Pundits may argue that they have put Bangalore on world map. How do I care about that? Life for me, the average simple Bangalorean is hell thanks to this meaningless and lopsided so called DEVELOPMENT.
Vidya,
an anguished Bangalorean
Stamp paper investigation itself a scam!
Sir, In the stamp paper scam, Telgi skimmed more than 30000 crores from governments with the connivance of congress leaders and police officials. Telgi had a five-star stay in Bangalore jails during the tenure of SM Krishna as Karnataka's CM. Luckily for Telgi, CBI had to take the state government's permission to act. After nationwide investigation and hunt, our intelligence sleuths have nabbed culprits such as SIs, ASIs and others.
The investigation itself is becoming another scam! Wait eternally for convictions and in other mega scams.
Meanwhile, our FM Chidambaram is skinning honest taxpayers and consumers by multiple taxes under the camouflage of increased allocations for infrastructure, social programs and more programs for the downtrodden and poor! Even salt is taxed under VAT.
Congress leaders gave us garibi hatao, 20-point program, four-point program and many other poverty alleviation programs. It eliminated the poverty of many Congress politicians, their chamchas and babus.
And now, this government and the judiciary will bat in such a way that they will convert VAT into a rotten rat!
Ashok Kumar Prasad,
Balmata New Road,
Mangalore 575001
Diversion of Nethravathi River
Sir, Recently, a news item was published indicating that the government is going to release 10 crore rupees to undertake survey work for the diversion of river Nethravathi for supplying drinking water to drought affected districts of central Karnataka and Bangalore city.
Meanwhile the KPCC president has also clarified that to overcome the drinking water crisis, an additional vented dam would be constructed as the Chief Minister has sanctioned 20 crore rupees for the project. District minister Jabber Khan Honnali has also said that the issue of providing another new dam has also been discussed with urban development minister SM More and requested the release of 20 crore rupees from the ADB scheme. What does this mean?
Does this mean our CM has agreed to release ten crore for carrying out survey work and then sanctioned 20 crore to providing a second vented dam? Will we get ample water if Nethravathi is diverted across the `bayalu seeme' from west to east? Even without any diversion, the river dries up in summer. When there is no water in the existing dam how is it possible to get free flow of water? How can we store water in the new dam? This seems to be an unscientific approach which could lead to an environmental disaster. Instead of creating more problems for the agriculturists and villagers of the area, why doesn't the government think of bringing rains through artificial means?
J F D'Souza,
Attavar, Mangalore
VAT anomaly
Sir, The empowerment committee on VAT suggested an exemption limit for small dealers with five lakh turnover per year. Kerala government adopts a 10-lakh limit. But Karnataka government has limited VAT exemption to two lakhs a year. Even a small vegetable or fruit vendor has a turnover of about Rs 1000 per day.
Does this mean our government will not even exempt him from VAT?
Wg Cdr B V R Rao
Indiranagar, Bangalore-38
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright 2005, The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd., 75, M.G. Road, Post Box No 5331, Bangalore - 560001
Tel: +91 (80) 25880000 Fax No. +91 (80) 25880523
|
| |
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
