Nice plan!
The gap between planning and implementation is evident as the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) announces its various schemes for revenue generation and sprucing up the monuments. Unfortunately, even though plans are promising, the Delhi circle officials, who are responsible for implementation of the plan, remain out of the loop. Even senior officials of the Delhi circle, who technically need to be consulted for feasibility of proposals, claim they are unaware of several proposals and announcements made by ASI heads.

Missing or not
When it was first reported that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi was missing 45,000 employees, no official or leader was willing to comment. Even as statements about the “ghost employees” poured in, they all ended with the lets-wait-till-the-July 15-deadline caution. When the Standing Committee met on Thursday, the old meeting hall had more media persons than the members. All effort, however, came to naught as the committee adjourned after a lot of noise over the resignation of the state government. Outside, however, politicians kept the cameras happy, though no one commented for or against the ‘missing employees’ other than stating that the numbers don’t really add up.

Call clutter
After BSES got flak from Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for the worst-ever power crisis in Delhi last month, senior officials in the CM’s office too had a sleepless night. When complaints surfaced that BSES call centres were either closed or shutdown and no one would receive the complaints of outages, personal numbers of senior officials were given to the public to register their grievances. The officials — including Special Secretary to CM Keshav Chandra and Additional Secretary to the CM Alka Dewan — did nothing but receive calls till four in the morning. The power crisis, however, took a backseat as people called in with every random problem.