Karnataka - Bangalore   

BDA implements RTI Rules amendment

BANGALORE: The Bangalore Development Authority has started to implement the amendment made to Karnataka Right to Information Rules and restrict providing of information to first 150 words of the application.

B.H. Veeresha, an RTI activist, filed an application before the Additional District Registrar, Bangalore Urban, seeking information about removal of two volunteers from the office.

He sought name and address of volunteers working between 2004 and 2007, the sub-registrars responsible for their appointment, nature of work entrusted, particulars of the salary, copies of all reports related to appointment submitted to controlling authorities and the volunteers working at present.

In his response on April 11, Additional District Registrar gave the name of one volunteer and said the information about the other was not available.

For the remaining information, he asked Mr. Veeresh to file separate applications for each question as laid down in the amendment.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Drama workshop
Hindi-Kannada bhai bhai
Arrested for murder
Accident hits traffic for hours Crime notes
Centre targeted for price rise
JD(S), SP collaborating with Congress, says Venkaiah
Congress announces first list
BSP is a formidable force, asserts Sindhia
Cash, election material seized
A manifesto for the people
Bangaloreans keen on keeping Lalbagh clean
Four-year-old dies in fire CriMe NOTES
Driver robbed near GPO
Police team carrying on its own campaign
BDA implements RTI Rules amendment
Election fever missing
‘CET physics paper was tough’
Procession disrupts traffic
Bangalore today

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu