Times of India: Ahmedabad: Thursday, January 25, 2018.
Gujarat high
court on Wednesday issued notice to the National High Speed Rail Corporation
Ltd, which is implementing the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, in
response to a PIL demanding that a web portal should be maintained by the
corporation and the government to keep people at large apprised of the
development.
Petitioner
Chandravadan Dhruv has cited the RTI Act, which makes it obligatory for every
public authority to make suo motu disclosure of particulars of its
organization, functions, duties and other matters. This information published
by the government agency should be easily accessible with the public
information officer in electronic form.
The bullet
train project cost is nearly Rs 1.18 lakh crore, which is expected to be over
by 2023. The project is underway since 2010 and lots of surveys and studies
have taken place. Citizens should be informed about the development and expenditure
and this can easily be done by launching and maintaining a website, the
petitioner submitted. The HC has posted further hearing on this issue on March
14.
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