ALM= aram se lootne ke mechanism. so BMC officials and corporators loot the city , sell it off to land sharks, illegal migrants, contractors and so on and keep innocent citizens busy in sweeping the city.

ALM should only act as a watch dog and see those rascals paid so high work and not that u work and they get time to loot you more.

Read item 2 below. .......Alok

Juhu Ekta ALM

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1.: How the Multinationals, supported by the WB, IMF, IFC plan to loot p From: Sudhir Gandotra

2.: PRESS RELEASE: BMC gives Rs 26,500 salary to Sweepers & Peons-on-hir From: Krishnaraj Rao

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1.: How the Multinationals, supported by the WB, IMF, IFC plan to loot p

Posted by: "Sudhir Gandotra" sudhir@sudhirgandotra.org sgandotra

Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:48 pm (PST)

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World Bank and Giant Corporations Allied to Privatize Water Worldwide

Human Wrongs Watch
<http://pressenza.com/press_release/newsByAuthor/author_id/526>

The World Bank has launched a new partnership with global
corporations including Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Veolia. Housed at the
World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC), the new
venture aspires to "transform the water sector" by inserting the
corporate sector into what has historically been a public service.

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Pressenza Human Wrongs Watch/Corporate Accountability
International/TRANSCEND, 11/18/11 The new partnership is part of a
broader trend of industry collusion to influence global water policy.
The venture -called the 2030 Water Resources Group Phase 2 Entity-
aligns global corporations that have major financial stakes in water
governance with the World Bank, one of the world's leading development
institutions.

Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe has been appointed to chair the
Water Resources Group, which has already received $1.5 million in IFC
funding. Nestlé is the world's largest water bottling corporation.

Advocates for people's access to water point to this as the latest
example of water corporations' efforts to interfere in legitimate,
democratic water governance.

The Water Resources Group presents a conflict of interest to the World
Bank's goal of poverty alleviation. It also advances an approach to
water governance that is in incompatible with the U.N. recognized human
right to water.

*The Private Sector Campaign to Gain Funding*

'This is an unmistakably activist campaign by the private water industry
to gain funding and credibility for a radical power grab, with the help
of the World Bank,' said Corporate Accountability International's Senior
Organizer Shayda Edwards Naficy.

'According to the World Bank, 34 percent of private water contracts are
in distress or terminated before maturity.

Last April, the IFC's Compliance Advisor Ombudsman reported that an
astounding 40 percent of complaints received from all regions and
sectors were water-related.

This is evidence that water privatization has been fraught with a range
of problems, including broken promises for expanded service, wasted
public funds and threats to human rights, especially for the lowest
income families.

*Financial Stakes*

For the Bank to sanction this approach despite a track record of failure
points to compromised decision-making at the Bank due to pervasive
partnerships with and financial stakes in corporations.'

Currently, 90 percent of the world's water-users access water through
public delivery. Turning these systems over to private corporations
would result in rate hikes, cutoffs and significant layoffs of water
sector employees.

Focusing on the private sector also distracts from the need to support
governments in protecting human rights.

The Water Resources Group aims to 'develop new normative approaches to
water management,' paving the way for an expanded private sector role
into best and common practices, worldwide.

In order to be eligible for support from this new fund, all projects
must "provide for at least one partner from the private sector," not
simply as a charitable funder, but 'as part of its operations.'

*One Country at a Time*

The group's strategy is to insert the private sector into water
management one country at a time, through a combination of
industry-funded research and direct partnerships with government agencies.

Currently, the Water Resources Group is formally working with the
governments of Jordan, Mexico, and the Indian state of Karnataka, and
discussions are ongoing with the governments of South Africa, China and
several other countries slated for participation in the next phase.

'Corporate Accountability International has consistently demonstrated
the World Bank's inherent conflicts of interest, acting as an investor,
a government advisor, an arbitrator and a public relations vehicle in
support of profiteering in the water sector,' said Naficy.

*Global Water Corporations Not to Be Allowed...*

'Global water corporations must not be allowed to tap into public
'development funds' to promote their private agenda because case after
case shows that profitability and fulfillment of human rights in the
water sector are at odds.'

Corporate Accountability International (formerly Infact) is a membership
organization that has, for the last 34 years, successfully advanced
campaigns protecting health, the environment and human rights.

Through its Campaign Challenging Corporate Control of Water, Corporate
Accountability International is playing a leadership role in the global
movement to secure the human right to water, and people's access to
water; prevent corporate control of water; preserve and protect water
resources and systems for the public good; and preserve water resources
as an ecological trust.

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2.: PRESS RELEASE: BMC gives Rs 26,500 salary to Sweepers & Peons-on-hir

Posted by: "Krishnaraj Rao" sahasipadyatri@gmail.com

Sat Nov 19, 2011 12:30 am (PST)

Mumbai, 19 November '11: Municipal Commissioner Subodh Kumar and
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan have got us all convinced that
they are serious about cleaning up. Here is a small shocker that makes us
wonder just how serious they are.

RTI activist Pramod Kadam learned that the Municipal Corporation had
entered into a contract with a couple of firms to paying a mind-blowing
salary of Rs 26,578 for 759 personnel, and Rs 26,199 for 754 personnel. The
personnel were sweepers, school attendants (i.e. peons), plumbers and
electricians to Municipal schools. Please note, this is probably a bit
more than the salary of Principals and Headmasters of Mumbai's Municipal
schools, and definitely more than even experienced teachers and staff!

The names of these firms are:

· Krystal Trade Com Pvt. Ltd --
http://www.krystal-group.com/contactus.php

· BVG India Ltd -- http://www.bvgindia.com/contact_us.html

The payment for this three-year contract, which began on 1 February
2009-10, is being done on a monthly basis. The monthly payment is nearly Rs
2.02 crore to Krystal, and nearly Rs 1.98 crore to BVG.

See work order: http://tinyurl.com/Municipal-schools-work-contrac

Being a bank employee, Kadam also found out that the actual salaries
credited by these agencies to their salary accounts was a meagre *Rs 4,000
to Rs 5,200.* As anybody can see, the massive amount pocketed by the agency
– over Rs 21,000 per employee provided – is extravagant and unreasonable.

He also found out that a comparable contract award had been awarded in 2008
for security and maintenance of Prabodhankar Thackerey Hall in Borivli for
Rs 6,600 per personnel per month. Hence the difference between these two
contracts, awarded about one year apart by the same Standing Committee, was
Rs 20,000. Besides this huge wastage of public resources, he also found
that many things were not in order.

After a lot of RTI research work over a couple of years, Pramod Kadam
finally complained in January 2011 to Municipal Commissioner Subodh Kumar,
CM Prithviraj Chavan, the Municipal Chief Auditor and others. Read his
detailed complaint: http://tinyurl.com/Complaint-2-Muni-Commr-CM-Jan

A couple of months later, the audit department confirmed Kadam's
allegations. However, instead of comparing the salary with the Rs 6,600
benchmark of Prabodhankar Thackeray Hall, the auditors compared it with Rs
13,800 per head paid to the security staff of toll (jakaat) nakas. On this
basis, it calculated that there was excess payment of Rs 34.52 lakhs per
year.

Perhaps more importantly, it questioned how these firms could have been
selected when they did not have the necessary Income Tax and Sales Tax
clearance papers. Read the MARATHI report of the municipal auditors:
http://tinyurl.com/Muni-Audit-Report

However, eight months after the chief auditor's report, the contract
continues. Not only that, as the municipal elections near, almost
coinciding the renewal date of this contract(Feb 1, 2012), one hears over
the grapevine that THIS EXTRAVAGANT CONTRACT IS ABOUT TO BE RENEWED.

Why will it continue? Because some political parties in MCGM need the
KICKBACK MONEY FOR THE ELECTIONS.

Mr Municipal Commissioner Sir, Mr Chief Minister Sir, are you listening?
What do you have to say about this? In this instance of blatant corruption,
the buck clearly stops with you.

Warm Regards,

Krish

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