Sakshi Trust "RTI"

To

Public Information Officer

Department

City

State

Form A requesting information under Section 6(1) of the

Right to Information Act 2005

A. Name of Applicant:                             

B. Address:                                        (fill any address from where you would like to correspond with the Public Information officer [PIO])

C. Details of Information required:                

1. Please give a list of all the works related to improvement of roads or streets carried out in my area (please specify your area) since April 1, 2000. The list should contain the name of the work, Work Order No, actual date of starting work, actual date of completion, amount paid or payable, status of work, name of contractor and mode of improvement of that road or street.

2. In each of the above works, please give a list of the streets or roads which were repaired under that work (mentioning from which house no. to which house no. was it repaired), and the length of repair and average width of repair for each street or road.

For each of these works, please mention what was the guarantee clause, if any, and whether it has been invoked so far.

3. After you have prepared the above information, I would like to inspect your measurement books and work order registers related to these works to ensure that you have given complete information.

Details of Road repairs carried out:

The following is a list of roads:

1. Please provide me following information with respect to the above roads:

During the period 1.4.2000 to 31.1.05, how many times have repairs (both minor and major) been carried out on each of the above roads?

The work was done departmentally; please provide the following information with respect to each such work:

1. Copy of relevant portion of stock register

2. Copy of relevant portion of labour register

3. Exact location of spots where the work was carried out

4. When was the work carried out?

5. What was the method of repair?

6. What was the composition of material used?

If the work was done through a contractor, please provide the following information with respect to each such work:

1. Copy of measurement book (both abstract entries & record entries)

2. Copy of sketch

3. Copy of details of estimates

4. If there was any guarantee clause in the contract, copy of that portion of the contract, which mentions this, guarantee clause and the conditions in which this clause can be invoked. Names of the Assistant Engineer and the Executive Engineer who inspected each of these works and passed payments. Which portions of these works did they inspect?

5. Has the guarantee clause been invoked till now? If no, why not? Despite the fact that the roads are in such bad condition?

6. The roads are totally broken these days. Please give reasons for the bad condition of each of these roads (please mention specific reasons for each road separately).

If any of the roads is broken due to water staying on the road, please intimate whether it is due to wrong camber or due to clogged drains?

7. If it is due to wrong camber how was the payment passed? What action will be taken against the engineer who inspected the road and let it pass like this?

8. If it is due to clogged drain, please provide following information from the CSE or any other department, which dealt with it:

9. When were these drains cleaned during the above period?

10. Give copy of the measurement book of the cleaning carried out?

11. Please provide the names of the officials who inspected and passed the payments.

This means that these officials did not do their job properly. Their inaction has caused so much loss to the exchequer and so much inconvenience to the public. They are also guilty of criminal misconduct under Section 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act. By when will action be taken against them?

12. The fact that these roads are broken shows that very bad material has been used in the roads. What enquiries will be made to ascertain the quality of the roads, fix responsibilities and in how much time will the enquiries be completed?

13. The payments seem to have been done fraudulently and the inspection carried out by the engineers was faulty. What enquiries will be instituted against the engineers who passed the payments and did faulty inspection?

14. I want to take a sample of material from each of these roads of the Right to Information Act. The sample should be collected from the place of my choice. It should be collected in my presence and should be sealed and certified. Please intimate me on the date, time and venue where I should come to collect the samples.

15. When will these roads be repaired now?

Place: Bangalore                    

Date: DD-MM-YYYY                                                         Signature of applicant

I have paid an application fee of Rs.XX  vide IPO / Challan/ DD no. XXXXXX