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Karikan Nagar Issue – Update

Dear Friends, I have news for you all. This is very very important and sensitive. Unfortunately, it is not good news, but nothing to despair about.

A few people from Karikan Nagar had come to our STP site, ordered the workers there to stop work, forced them outside the compound and locked the gate.

A team of our exec committee members immediately reached the site, talked to the group.

I am not here, I will be coming on Saturday, we will as a team work on this.

This was anticipated. The threat was to disturb the inauguration, that is why we didn’t want to tell a date.

The most disturbing issue of all this is that there is coordination between elements withing our township and outside the township. They are exchanging information and coordinating attacks.

This is the reason for the earlier radio silence.

Now, we have another obstacle to overcome, and we are confident of overcoming it.

Mrs. Amudha had posted allegations list. The first point was exactly the same one raised by Karikan Nagar representatives, this is evidence of collusion and deep conspiracy to disturb our tranquility and progress.

But have no fear, we have an excellent team, starting from the President to the Members of the association.

We will prevail.
We will succeed.

On Monday, I will reply to Mrs. Amudha, Mrs. Sujatha and Mr. Ramesh. They can brace for my reply.

Till that time, I request them not to create any more problems than they have already done. This is my most humble request on behalf of everybody in the township. As well as my last warning, you are testing all our patience. I will take serious action, I have given fair notice, take it seriously, don’t feel bad after my action, you will solely be responsible for your actions.

For all our friends: don’t be upset, we have already overcome big problems that you even didn’t know, we will tell the story at our inaugural. For now, we are still on schedule, albeit some setbacks.

We.maybit post frequently, but we will keep you informed of important news.

I thank you for all the support, trust, and love you have bestowed us with, we deeply appreciate it and hope we can meet your expectations.

We will not rest untill the goal is achieved.

I leave you with a video below.

Meeting with Karikan Nagar Representatives

Dear Friends, today we had a meeting with Karikan Nagar representatives. They had earlier threatened to block further development of STP.

We patiently explained and addressed their concerns, sought their cooperation and extended our warmest invitation to collaborate with us on Panchayat basis instead of divisiveness.

We hope the message of cooperation would win over the argument of strife with them. They have said they will go and consult with their wider community and asked us to convey to you all their main demand: that we must reconsider the site of STP, stop further work and relocate the STP to a different site.

We said we will give it due consideration. We asked them to collaborate with us as our own request.

This is the first meeting, perhaps we might have to meet a couple more times, but I am sure we will be able to reach amicable settlement.

We had a successful meeting overall. We were able to establish some basic understanding and common grounds.

A word of appreciation for our Karikan Nagar brothers, they were gentlemen today and we had had a mutually respectful exchange, although it did get heated at times, we were able to maintain patience. We will hear from them soon and we hope we will find suitable middle ground.

I am sure we will face even more challenges, but we are also equally geared up and mentally prepared to face them and overcome them all.

We will succeed.

Jai Hind, have a nice evening.

STP Work is On – An Update

Dear Homeowners, Time for a Brief Update:

  1. Our STP work is in full swing. We thank the taskforce members and others who have posted pictures from time to time here and let us visually see the progress. The work is nearing an end and it is already time we planned for the Inauguration. The Collector and Sub Collector could be Chief Guest and Keynote Speakers respectively and can jointly inaugurate the STP (and the fourth line if possible)
  2. We had applied for Power connection (3 Phase and the Fourth Wire) and it will need ongoing follow-up till it is completed.
  3. We have submitted petitions and many Officials including the Collector, Sub Collector, Project Director – Town & Country Planning, Local Planning Authority Head, Block Development Officer, etc. Every day, we have held meetings at one or the other Govt. Office. And on most days, the meetings have been productive, on some days, we are sent into a tizzy. Getting the Government Machinery to work will require a LOT of patience and persistence. We are not giving up and the ONLY THING that is keeping us going is the HUGE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY commensurate with the enormity of the job ahead of us.
  4. The next huge work of REGULARISATION has already begun, we have met a number of officials including the BDO and the Town & Country Planning Authority at Villupuram. We are planning how to go about this huge project. We are learning new facts and procedures and are feeling our way through the bureaucratic maze.
  5. The Executive Body is the Primary Decision Making Authority. We need more members to participate in our proceedings. Please feel free to interact with us all, discuss and help in achieving our important goals for the Association. No decision was and will ever be taken by individuals, but only as a collective. However, prioritisation of work is important. If not, we will waste time and energy in non-productive work with no result.
  6. For the whole of January, a tiny number of volunteers have worked ceaselessly and on a daily basis, and everyday has brought new challenges, both internal and external. There has been a huge drain of energy, time and motivation from these few volunteers. One of my own work is to be there for them and support them with emotional energy. As we face bigger and bigger challenges, we will need even more reassurance that all 400-500 houses are behind the association and we will see through any challenge or difficulty, face any obstacle and overcome it all by sheer force of willpower, planning, work and perfect execution, and above all, the united support of our collective members.
  7. For the moment, we don’t want any diversions or distractions. Once we resolve our existential crisis problems like regularisation and roads, we will have plenty of time to resolve all other pending issues like previous dues and so on. For now, let us stay concentrated on the most immediate and important goal of all: Regularisation. The Association needs clear goals and direction and will not be swayed from this one important work. We will remain firm on this and we request your cooperation. Also, we need to discourage gossiping, irresponsible comments and non-constructive rumour mongering and personal attacks, please.
  8. Once a major part of the STP work is complete, we will present a yearly Budget for the Association, probably in February. We will look at our current expenses critically and will see how best to serve the common interests of all. All finances will be transparently and pro-actively shared with you from time to time in open public. If you have any queries or doubts, you are free to ask them in the wide public so that we can have complete transparency and accountability. In return, the Association can perform ONLY if it has funds. We will all have to contribute our part. Some may question the need for contributing maintenance funds, some would doubt it being spent correctly, some may even ask why they should contribute while many other don’t or haven’t in the past. It is time to put all those doubts aside for a limited time and contribute. We will have a General Body Meeting to discuss that issue threadbare, we assure you. For now, please contribute without reservations, without excuses, without delays. Once contributed, you are free to question its use and audit it for yourself. But please contribute. Everybody has to contribute so that we can all benefit. Don’t think anybody is paying for somebody else. It is for our own good.
  9. Right now, we are fighting a battle for regularisation. We think our back is protected and taken care of by all our houseowners. If Association maintance charges are not voluntarily contributed, it will mean that our small army of volunteers will have to wage war on two fronts, with no ammunition. The external front with the Government for regularisation and an internal front with our own members to collect maintenance money. You can imagine the outcome. Neither will be a success.
  10. Make no mistake, REGULARISATION might not even be possible due to various reasons. We cannot take it for granted. The outcome is not assured. We may all fail to get our township and plots regularised before the deadline. The risk is too high and all too real. This is the reality. It is also a reality that we can overcome this and get things done. We have a choice now, soon we may not have that choice. The choice is to work hard and get our regularisation done, or just take it easy and miss this chance that the Govt. has opened. All depends on our support, both moral and financial for ourselves. May we succeed.

Have a great festival!

Thank you.

Plans for New Year 2018

Dear Houseowner Friends, I take this opportunity to let you know that we met the BDO on direction from Collector. The BDO spoke with us for an hour or so and we now have a fairy better idea of our situation.
He insisted that we make it know to all that we should not fall prey to anybody asking for money in the name of house or other tax, patta or any other revenue related work.
A taskforce is working on a comprehensive plan, collecting details and will discuss with you all soon.once we have sufficient reliable information.

Here are our plans for 2018nin brief:

First finish what we started, before we take up any new work. So: STP still is our main priority till it is fully functional. Followed by Electricity 4th Wire and then, Regularisation.
We cannot do much about the roads till we are regularised.

On Administrative side, we would like to streamline our operations based on good management principles – reduce Muda, Muri and Mura.
Create Budget, fiscal planning, investment and responsible expenditure.
We wish to expand our financial base in a non confrontational way and see if we can voluntarily recover old dues.
We will shortly distribute feedback forms, please fill them: They will be used as a GBM surrogate to make a few critical decisions.
We will expand on the above as we progress.
Thank you and have a great first week of the year!
Jagan Mohan

New Dawn, New Day, New Year

As the first rays of the new year’s Sun reaches our township, it is time to wake up to new possibilities for all of us, houseowners of Anugraha.
It is time to recommit ourselves to Unity so that we can face the challenges ahead.
Regularisation, Electricity and Roads are our priorities and expanding our funding base is one of the most important task among numerous others.
The Executive committee will continue to rely on all owners to contribute their share of both funds and some volunteering to see us through this new year.
May we all succeed together.
Jai Hind.

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