सोनिया विहार : लोकतंत्र का एक अभिनव प्रयोग
सोनिया विहार क्षेत्र की जन प्रतिनिधि होने के नाते मैंने यह निर्णय लिया है की मेरे वार्डमें निगम प्रशासन क्षेत्र की जनता की सीधी सहभागिता के द्वारा ही कार्य करेगा।
इसके लिए मैंने क्षेत्र को १४ मोहल्ला सभा में विभाजित किया है। हर मोहल्ला सभा के सभी वोटर मोहल्ला सभा के सदस्य होंगे। निगम पार्षद की अध्यक्षता में हर मोहाला सभा की मीटिंग महीने में एक बार होगी। मीटिंग में निम्नलिखित निर्णय लिए जायेंगे:
१ निगम पार्षद तथा नगर निगम के अन्य मदों में जो विकास कार्य हेतु फंड उपलब्ध है, उसका किन कार्यो में उपयोग किया जाए। यह निर्णय मोहल्ला सभा द्वारा आम सहमती अथवा वोटिंग द्वारा लिए जायेंगे।
२ मोहल्ल सभा से कार्य संतोषजनक होने का प्रमाण पत्र लेने के बाद ही ठेकेदार को भुगतान किया जाएगा।
३ निगम की सभी सामाजिक सुविधाओ जैसे पेंशन इत्यादि से लाभ प्राप्त करने हेतु लाभार्थियों का निर्णय मोहल्ला सभा में ही लिया जाएगा।
४ निगम के कर्मचारी तथा अधिकारी जिनके सम्बन्ध में मोहल्ला सभा कीसदस्य शिकायत करेंगे, उन्हें मोहल्ला सभा की मीटिंग में आकर जनता को जवाब देना होगा।
यह अपमे तरह के देश में पहला प्रयोग किया जा रहा है।
आपके सहयोग से ही इसकी सफलता सुनिश्चित हो सकती है।
I have decided that municipal governance in my ward should be run with direct participation of the people.
To structure this exercise, I have divided the ward into 14 areas called mohallas. The collective assembly of voters of each mohalla is called mohalla sabha. Each mohalla sabha would meet every month. Meeting would be chaired by the ward councilor. Following decisions would be taken in the meeting:
1. How should councilor development fund be used? How should MCD spend its funds under various heads of expenditure in that ward? People would take these decisions in mohalla sabha meetings either through consensus or if consensus is not possible, through voting. Proposal receiving maximum number of votes would be on higher priority.
2. Payment would be made to a contractor only if mohalla sabha issues satisfaction.
3. List of beneficiaries for all government welfare schemes would be made in Mohalla sabhas in a transparent and participatory manner. If more applications for any scheme are received, then it would be discussed in mohalla sabha as who are the poorest of them all and these people would be given benefits.
4. MCD employees, with whom people complain problems, will be summoned by the councilor and presented in next mohalla sabha meeting to respond to people’s complaints.
I therefore, request you to kindly observe and implement the following. If needed, kindly issue necessary directions to your subordinate officials:
Please direct all your officials not to undertake any proposal without the sanction of affected mohalla sabhas. So, if you propose to carry out any work, please intimate me in sufficient advance so that I can seek mohalla sabha’s approval for the same. If people do not approve of it or if they suggest an alternate proposal or an alternate way of solving that problem, we shall follow people’s will.
Kindly direct your officials not to make payment to any contractor for any work carried out in this ward without a satisfaction certificate from mohalla sabha. So, whenever a wor is complete and JE is satisfied, kindly inform me of the same. I will present it in mohalla sabha to seek their approval.
Kindly direct your officials to be present at mohalla sabha meetings, whenever they are called upon to do so by respective mohalla sabha. I may request you also to be present sometimes to respond to people’s grievances.
I hope to get your support in this noble endeavour.
To structure this exercise, I have divided the ward into 14 areas called mohallas. The collective assembly of voters of each mohalla is called mohalla sabha. Each mohalla sabha would meet every month. Meeting would be chaired by the ward councilor. Following decisions would be taken in the meeting:
1. How should councilor development fund be used? How should MCD spend its funds under various heads of expenditure in that ward? People would take these decisions in mohalla sabha meetings either through consensus or if consensus is not possible, through voting. Proposal receiving maximum number of votes would be on higher priority.
2. Payment would be made to a contractor only if mohalla sabha issues satisfaction.
3. List of beneficiaries for all government welfare schemes would be made in Mohalla sabhas in a transparent and participatory manner. If more applications for any scheme are received, then it would be discussed in mohalla sabha as who are the poorest of them all and these people would be given benefits.
4. MCD employees, with whom people complain problems, will be summoned by the councilor and presented in next mohalla sabha meeting to respond to people’s complaints.
I therefore, request you to kindly observe and implement the following. If needed, kindly issue necessary directions to your subordinate officials:
Please direct all your officials not to undertake any proposal without the sanction of affected mohalla sabhas. So, if you propose to carry out any work, please intimate me in sufficient advance so that I can seek mohalla sabha’s approval for the same. If people do not approve of it or if they suggest an alternate proposal or an alternate way of solving that problem, we shall follow people’s will.
Kindly direct your officials not to make payment to any contractor for any work carried out in this ward without a satisfaction certificate from mohalla sabha. So, whenever a wor is complete and JE is satisfied, kindly inform me of the same. I will present it in mohalla sabha to seek their approval.
Kindly direct your officials to be present at mohalla sabha meetings, whenever they are called upon to do so by respective mohalla sabha. I may request you also to be present sometimes to respond to people’s grievances.
I hope to get your support in this noble endeavour.
