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DC makes a
difference
This refers to Reeta Sharma’s “He’s made a difference to Nawanshahr
(Saturday Extra, Feb 3). The Deputy Commissioner of Nawanshahr district (the hub of Doaba region), Mr Krishan Kumar, is indeed a bureaucrat with a difference. The Suvidha Centre founded by him at the district headquarters, where every inquiry is attended to within minutes, has become a model not only in Punjab but for the entire country to emulate. Decadence, visible in every direction, has created a debilitating impact. Non-performing babudom is ruling the roost but with his innovative approach, Krishan Kumar has streamlined and computerised the whole system. While a majority of our stiff-necked bureaucrats and other officials remain procedure-centric and indifferent to people’s grievances, visionaries like Krishan Kumar have created a citizen-friendly administration. To effectively check incidence of female foeticide and to make girls computer savvy, positive steps have been taken. The tribe of such committed, dynamic and honest officers should increase for the prosperity of our country. L. K. MANUJA, Nahan
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II Reeta Sharma’s “He’s made a difference to Nawanshahr” (Saturday Extra, Feb 3) on the sustained effort of Krishan Kumar, DC, Nawanshahr, to check the incidence of female foeticide, control the sale of liquor, promote education through computer skills under SSA and create employment avenues for the youth and Self Help Groups (SHG) are praiseworthy. Krishan Kumar deserves to be congratulated. Very few bureaucrats dedicate themselves to out-of-routine work. They toe the line of political bosses who have very little to do with social causes. Krishan Kumar should start a ‘community-led total sanitation campaign’ to eliminate the practice of open defecation from rural as well as urban areas since it is the root cause of deadly diseases like diarrhoea, cholera, malaria, hepatitis, jaundice and worm infestation. PURAN SINGH,Chandigarh
Musical genius M.L. Dhawan’s article, “The genius of O.P. Nayyar” (Spectrum, Feb 4, 2007) was interesting when he says, “the departure of Asha followed by Mohd Rafi proved his undoing as he had never been used to summoning Lata, Talat, Mukesh, Manna Dey, Hemant Kumar and Kishore Kumar.” Here the writer forgot that Mukesh sang a soulful and philosophical number Chal Akela, Chal Akela, Tera Mela Pichhe Chhoota Rahi Chal Akela for the movie Sambandh. O.P. Nayyar was at his best while rendering the music to this song. RAVINDER JAIN, Ludhiana
Sharing of water The inter-state decision of distribution of 15.85 MAF surplus Ravi-Beas waters in 1955 was intended to show to the World Bank, making negotiations for the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan, full utilisation of these waters. This decision made an allocation of 8 MAF to
Rajasthan, a non-riparian state. With the Stage II of the Rajasthan Canal Project having undergone a change, the inter-state decision stands altered
automatically. G.R. KALRA, Chandigarh |
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