The News Mill: Guwahati: Monday, March 12, 2018.
The Assam
Information Commission (AIC), in response to an RTI second appeal case, has
opined that the implementations of West Guwahati Water Supply Project (WGWSP),
South Central Guwahati Water Supply Project (SCGWSP) and Central Guwahati Water
Supply Project (CGWSP) have been badly delayed.
While the
WGWSP is being implemented by Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority
(GMDA), the Guwahati Jal Board i.e. the Guwahati Metropolitan Drinking Water
and Sewerage Board (GMDWSB) is the implementing authority in respect of the
SCGWSP and the CGWSP.
Taking in
view that the three water supply projects for Guwahati are of vital public
interest, chief information commissioner of Assam HS Das through an order
issued on February 9, directed GMDA and Guwahati Jal Board to suo-moto disclose
the information relating to the present status of the implementation of the
projects and copies of agreements between the concerned contractors and the
implementing agencies, that is the public agencies within 30 days through their
respective websites.
Such
pro-active disclosure is mandatory and binding on all public authorities under
Section 4 (1) (b) of the RTI Act, 2005.
The commission
has reviewed the matter of compliance of its order by GMDA and Guwahati Jal
Board on Friday. It was found that the GMDA has already uploaded the sought
information in its website. Whereas, Guwahati Jal Board has prayed for time to
upload the relevant information in the website due to shortage of manpower.
Now, the
commission has granted Guwahati Jal Board time till April 20 and will review
the matter on the same day.
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