The Hindu: Puducherry: Monday, 21 July 2014.
A few
activists and residents from Ariankuppam on Friday staged a demonstration
before the office of Local Administration Department for failing to furnish
information under Right to Information (RTI) Act within stipulated time.
G.Jagannathan
of People Rights Movement and Logu. Aiyappan of Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam
and others came to the Local Administration Department for conducting a lock-in
protest.
As they were
blocked a few yards away, they staged a road roko demanding that the
authorities furnish information on their queries.
According to
the protestors, when the residents approached Ariankuppam Commune Panchayat for
water supply connection few months ago, they were asked to pay Rs. 25,000
towards road development charge. The public authority of Ariankuappam Commune
Panchayat cited an order of Local Administration Department (LAD) for charging
such amount as road development charge.
In turn, the
residents approached the first appellate authority of LAD for further information.
Such
information was not given till date. Hence they conducted agitation against the
authorities in LAD for not providing information in stipulated time.