GRIEVANCES OF SENIOR CITIZENS IN INDIA

Several times it has been requested by sending resolutions from the side of Senior Citizen Forums, State of Himachal Pradesh, that the Government of India has created parity to the Senior Citizens in the country. The Senior Citizen are allowed 30% rebate in the fare in Indian Railways at the age of 60 years but the rebate in Air Flights and Income Tax  this concession is allowed at the age of 65 years of age. This parity of age in respect of senior citizens should be removed and the age of sixty years may be fixed for all type of concessions to this class of persons in the country. The matter has been raised and brought to the notice of the Government of India severa times through sending communications from different platforms set up for the benefits of the Senior Citizens, such as Age Care India, International Senior citizen's All India Association and other several forms in India at different States and U.Ts. It seems that the Government India is not taking any notice of such type of grievances by removing the age disparity for the rebate and concessions to be provided to the Senior Citizens. By writing these grievances in this blog, the Government of India particularly the Prime Minister of India is again requested to intervene and issue necessary directions to the concerned Ministery to remove this age disparity of senior citizens at the earliest possible. Sita Ram Dhiman, General Secretary, H.P. State Pensioners Welfare Association, Shimla District and State Secretary, Senior Citizen Forums , Shimla and founder, ex-General Secretary and Senior Bahujan Samaj Party Leader, Himachal Pradesh at Shimla.

ARTIFICIAL LAKE AT BILASPUR HIMACHAL PRADESH

About ten years ago , theCentral Government had decided to construct an artificial lake at Bilaspur and an amount of Rs. 1.5 crores was sanctioned for the purpose. It was to gather the water from the Gobind Sagar Dam as its water level rises and then not allow it to recede when the level goes down. Like many other projects in the District , the lake project has not taken place. A design for approval to the Government several years ago was sent and it is learnt that it was firs approved but later the earlier proposal was turned down for making necessary changes. The Admininistrative and technical difficulties and reason responsible for the delay , the system retained, regulate and control the release and filling of water in the lake even after the backwaters of Gobind Sagar begins to recede. In the name of toursm , there is nothing at and in Bilaspur District. If artificial lake is constructed, the tourism would have taken place. The useful for the development of an year round tourism Industry, fishing, water sports, employment generation and even availability of water for drinking and irrigation purposes in the District would have a last long development of the District and the lifes of the people of Bhakhra Dam austees.Sita Ram Dhiman, Sr. B.S.P.Leader, Himachal Pradesh at Shimla.