Friday, September 22, 2006

Dear fellow allottees,

A beginning has been made to form an ad-hoc committee to look after / manage the affairs of IRWO Palm Court, Alpha-I, Greater Noida. We have written to MD, IRWO seeking assistance in forming the ad-hoc committee which will act as a precursor to the formation of a duly elected regular committee. Text of the letter is reproduced below.

Wishing you a happy living in IRWO Palm Court.

Thursday, September 21, 2006

To,

The Managing Director,
Indian Railway Welfare Organisation,
Minto Bridge, Behind Shankar Market,
New Delhi - 110 001.

Sub: Constitution of an Adhoc committee of the allottes residing at IRWO Palm Court, Greater Noida.

Sir,

A meeting of the allottes residing at IRWO Palm Court, Greater Noida, was held on 27.08.06 and IRWO representatives at site office were apprised of the pathetic situation prevailing in the confines of the IRWO compound. Representatives of IRWO appreciated our concerns and took some remedial measures.

In continuation of the meeting held on 27.8.06 a second meeting was organized on 17.09.06 and residents unanimously resolved to constitute an adhoc body which will be a prelude to constitution of regular elected body to assist IRWO in sorting out the problems being faced by the residents and assist in supervision of the staff engaged for maintenance of the complex, park, lifts and running of the generator sets. Some of the problems/anomalies/apprehension of the residents are as under:

a) Water logging in the portico with lifts, which are potential breeding ground of dengue mosquitoes, needs immediate attention.

b) Water logging in the corridors due to improper slopes, which forces water from corridor to flat (some people have already made hole in front of their houses so that rain water does not enter their flat).

c) There is no T V cable service provider in the society as IRWO representatives have been saying that it can be take up by the representatives of the society only. Although DTH service providers like DISH TV / TATA SKY and local cable operator are interested in extending their network free of cost but residents have been compelled to leave in an isolated world for the last four months.

d) There is no telephone service in the society as this issue can also be take up by the representatives of the society only. Although telephone service providers (Reliance, Tata Indicom, Airtel and BSNL) are willing to extend their network, the matter could not be finalized in absence of representatives of the society. Thanks to cheap mobile services available now-a-days lest the resident would have been living as aliens in the confines of the IRWO complex without TV and telephone services.

e) Residents are facing problem due to non-running of generator sets for providing permanent power backup to the lifts. We the residents appreciate the austerity being shown by IRWO by running the generator sets only on request of the user but are very much apprehensive about the actual running hours being shown in the logbook, if any maintained for the purpose. By liberal estimate the generator set on an average is being run for not more than two hours but the quantity of fuel being consumed is not known to the residents. At the same time we feel the hours of backup should be extended or alternatively lift attendant should always be available to start the generator set, if one is to go upstairs.

In view of the above problems we the residents of the IRWO have decided to constitute an adhoc committee which will expedite solutions to the pending issues in association with IRWO. It is therefore requested that IRWO may give suitable date and time so that residents of the society can meet them and complete the pre-requisite formalities for constituting an adhoc committee and expedite formation of a regular elected body.

I have been authorized by the residents of IRWO Palm Court to interact with IRWO on behalf of the residents, for constitution of an adhoc body, which will assist IRWO in supervision, till the constitution of a regular body.

Thanking you,
Sd/-
(Sushil Kumar Singh)
Section Officer/E(O)III
Room No. 211,
Rail Bhavan,
New Delhi - 110 001.
Phone: +91-11-23303258

Res.: B-801,
IRWO Palm Court,
Alpha-I,
Greater Noida -201308.
Mob: +91-9312670246

E-Mail : irwopalmcourt@hotmail.com

Copy to:
a) The General Secretary, IRPOF, Room No. 268, Rail Bhawan.
b) The General Secretary, AIRF, Room No. 253, Rail Bhawan
c) The General Secretary, NFIR, Room No. 256-C, Rail Bhawan
d) All allottees.