Second Right to Information Act application filed

This blog is happy to report that a second Right to Information Act application has been filed with the Mangadu Town Panchayat, seeking to know what steps have been taken to make the roads in Jeeva Nagar, Mangadu, fit for use year round.

As the residents and property owners of the CMDA-approved layout know, Jeeva Nagar gets cut off during the monsoon and other rainy periods, due to flooding.


This is because the promoter BLB Estates of T.Nagar and the Mangadu Town Panchayat have not done anything to raise the road level to a suitable height. Actually, the layout roads are not level with those in the Badrimedu area adjacent to it.

Read the earlier post to see what the Mangadu Town Panchayat has promised to do, in response to our first application under the RTI Act, 2005.

Despite the issue of nine building licences, including one for an apartment complex, no action has been taken by the Panchayat. It could very well have dumped the debris generated by demolition of encroachments on Kunrathur Main Road to raise the level of roads in Jeeva Nagar. But it failed miserably.

Jeeva Nagar experience with Right to Information (RTI) Act now on Exnora-5th Pillar portal

The experience of using the Right to Information Act, 2005 by Jeeva Nagar is now featured on the website of 5th Pillar, the activist portal of Exnora International.

The link is: Success Stories

Jeeva Nagar successful with RTI in getting reply from Mangadu Town Panchayat

The Right to Information Act 2005 is seen as a powerful citizen-empowering tool, to bring about positive action by Government at all levels.

On behalf of the Jeeva Nagar residents, a media person from Central Chennai used the Act and filed a petition to the Executive Officer, Mangadu Town Panchayat seeking information on the road works, open space reservation and street lighting, among other aspects, in the Nagar.

After one full month, the Panchayat has responded with a reply. You can read it here

Also see latest pictures from the layout here.

If you know someone who owns property in Jeeva Nagar, please pass on this information and ask him to mail the association at jeevanagar@gmail.com