Times of India: Ahmedabad:
Monday, March 24, 2014.
RTI activists
from across the state will stage a three-day hunger strike against the RTI
commissioner at Sector 6 in Gandhinagar from Monday. The activists alleged that
they were not given information by the commissioner and several of their
appeals are pending till date.
Around 1,000
RTI activists are likely to gather at Satyagrah Chhavni in Gandhinagar.
Bharatsinh Zala, an activist, said, "Today, there are around 50,000 RTI
appeals pending with the information commission and in most of the cases,
neither information has been given nor fine levied on the public information
officers concerned for the delay. To protest this, we will go on hunger strike,
which will start from 10 am on Monday and continue till 6 pm on March 26."
Zala alleged
that apart from the 50,000 appeals that are pending with the panel, around one
lakh RTI applications are still awaiting answers in various departments of the
state government. He said that the applicants who have been waiting for their
reply, will come together to oppose this.
According to
the RTI Act, information to any query should be provided within 30 days.
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