08-31-2003, 09:57 PM
Viren,
Corruption is every where, every street vendor in Delhi has to pay up. They are rounded up regularly by areas , taken to Tis Hazari Courts, where they line up pay a bribe to the judge and police chap, a few hundred rupees each and let go to resume the trade and be rounded up when the area's turn comes next. This type of income from unlicensed vendors, un-authorized construction, pimps, betting etc is what creates the value of a "thana" that the police denies but the "tanedar" and DCP pay for to get posted .
Vajpayee wanted to end the misery of these footpath traders by legalizing the trade and issuing a Rs 50 per month license but couldn't do it. He is supposed to be the PM and do "aar paar ki ladai with Pak". Roadside side shacks are setup by the powerful and rented out as shops .The police comes for "Hafta" or free goodies and if you don't oblige the renter is hauled up, not the guy who has put up the unauthorized shack. I know of a case where a guy very recently went to the "crime against women's cell". The DCP is normally a woman. His newly married sister was being harassed by the in-laws. The people below asked for Rs 10,000 to settle the case. The woman DCP knows all about this, may be even has a share. It is a pitiable situation. In this case it is easy to guess what happened.
Corruption is every where, every street vendor in Delhi has to pay up. They are rounded up regularly by areas , taken to Tis Hazari Courts, where they line up pay a bribe to the judge and police chap, a few hundred rupees each and let go to resume the trade and be rounded up when the area's turn comes next. This type of income from unlicensed vendors, un-authorized construction, pimps, betting etc is what creates the value of a "thana" that the police denies but the "tanedar" and DCP pay for to get posted .
Vajpayee wanted to end the misery of these footpath traders by legalizing the trade and issuing a Rs 50 per month license but couldn't do it. He is supposed to be the PM and do "aar paar ki ladai with Pak". Roadside side shacks are setup by the powerful and rented out as shops .The police comes for "Hafta" or free goodies and if you don't oblige the renter is hauled up, not the guy who has put up the unauthorized shack. I know of a case where a guy very recently went to the "crime against women's cell". The DCP is normally a woman. His newly married sister was being harassed by the in-laws. The people below asked for Rs 10,000 to settle the case. The woman DCP knows all about this, may be even has a share. It is a pitiable situation. In this case it is easy to guess what happened.