India Against Corruption Launched "Jan Jagrukta Abhiyan"

 


PATNA: The Bihar chapter of India Against Corruption (IAC) launched a jan jagrukta abhiyan (people's awareness campaign) at Patel Nagar here on Sunday to vote for the candidates with clean image in the coming civic body elections of the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC).
The campaign aims at making the voters aware of their right and responsibility to elect their representatives with clean image. Ratnesh Chandra, a member of the IAC (Bihar) told TOI, "People pay tax to the PMC to avail basic amenities. But people are unaware of the 933 garbage collection points under the PMC jurisdiction and dump their rubbish anywhere in their locality."
He said the drinking water supply in the state capital was very poor. "The PMC records show 933 million litres of water supply every day but only 275 million litres of water is required. We encourage people to seek information under the RTI about the quantity and the area of water supplied," he said.
The IAC (Bihar) has also gone tech-savvy. Its members, now, will ensure that people are regularly updated about their activities through special SMS cards. Ratnesh said one SMS card will cost Rs 25. The users will get registered to a particular number and they will get the service from IAC for one year. Dozens of cards have been sold and the proceeds would be deposited with the Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) of Arvind Kejriwal.