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[Chan Mahanta]

Below for Netters' info.

I thought I read here that Karnataka is corruption free, or at least 
very low corruption state. That must have been another of those 
assertions pulled out from under someone's hat here :-).


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Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:41:49 +0530
Subject: [WaterWatch] Re: .Commendable Role of Justice Venkatachala
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>REFERENCE MESSAGE 3.
>Readers may be interested to know that it is the same Justice Venkatachala
>who is currently LOKAYUKTA OF KARNATAKA. He has been doing yeoman service by
>exposing the enormous corruption in the State proactively, and has won the
>hearts and minds of the people. Justice Venkatachala has recommended dozens
>of cases to Government for disciplinary action or legal action but
>Government of Karnataka has not proceeded against the indicted officials,
>thus protecting them. Sadly, the Lokayukta's powers under the Lokayukta Act
>had been curtailed by Govt of Karnataka and successive State Governments
>have promised to restore the powers but have taken no action, and kept total
>discretion with themselves. Karnataka has for long been the "Bihar of South
>India" especially as far as corruption is concerned, but this Lokayukta's
>actions have made some differene at least by exposure of the volume and
>depth of corruption in almost all departments and ministries of the
>Government of Karnataka.
>
>Unfortunately., Justice Venkatachala's tenure expires in June 2006 and
>everybody in Government is waiting impatiently for his retirement so that
>they can revert to business as before. Previous Lokayuktas were quite
>ineffective and did not have the zeal or power of utter honesty that Justice
>Venkatachala possesses and uses. We can only hope that his successor will
>carry the baton forward in similar or better fashion as Justice
>Venkatachala.
>
>Sudhir Vombatkere
>
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