Dexterous Doctor

Search This Blog

NGO Conference 2010: Fostering Human Values through Service to Humanity

December 02, 2010

Get link
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Get link
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Comments

Anuja, all of 16, is the second out of 4 children of Mr. Attar Singh - the pradhan of Sanglai village. Sanglai is a small village with about 100 families, a few kilometers beyond Bhatwari in Uttarkashi. It has a Government high school and an ASHA worker. The nearest intermediate school (11th and 12th) is in Bhatwari, an hours walk on a rainy day, escaping landslides. Most kids end up taking a room on rent in Bhatwari during exams because they are not sure if the roads will be open or the rains and landslides will permit them to even walk. And then if you want to get higher education, that means leaving the village and going to Dehradoon or Haridwar. This not only means staying away from home but also lots of added expenses. Her routine includes waking up early, making chai and rotis for the family and guests. She would religiously wake us up at 6am and give us hot chai. Then make breakfast for all of us with her mother in the stuffy kitchen where we couldnt even stand for a minute

Open Discussion on Ward Committee Rules

ESG Open Discussion on Invitation to an Open Discussion on The Karnataka Municipal Corporation (Ward Committee) Rules, 2013 - Draft on Wednesday, 4 th September 2013 4.30 pm to 7.00 pm at Ashirwad, St. Mark's Road Cross, Bangalore 560001 Background Note : With the intent of devolving power to the people, as a measure of enhancing accountability and transparency in urban governance, and to decentralise urban administration, the Parliament of India passed the Constitutional 74 th Amendment (Nagarpalika) Act in 1992. Twenty one years have since passed, many Governments have come and gone in Karnataka, but not one made it a priority to operationalise Article 243 S of the Constitution relating to: “ Constitution and composition of Wards Committees, etc.-” the bedrock of decentralisation of urban governance . C itizens, consequently, have been denied their Constitutional guarantee of participation in decision making in urban affairs and suffered

Powered by Blogger

NGO Conference 2010: Fostering Human Values through Service to Humanity

Comments

Post a Comment