Monday, February 22, 2010

FM: Are you listening to Mumbaikar?

Dear Pranab Mukherjee, Union Finance Minister, Government of India
We the residents of Mumbai often called as Mumbaikars are looking forward for your budget which can give us respite to our housing & transportation woes.
It has become difficult for Mumbaikars to own a house in Mumbai. The prices are touching sky. When will the Government provide us housing at affordable cost?
Even the definition of affordability has undergone sea change. Now between 15 to 30 lakhs is termed as affordability.
We request you to make our life easy by regulating the real estate prices in Mumbai. Don't join hands with capitalist forces and drive away the actual Mumbaikar on the outskirts with bare minimum amenities. Provide Government land at minimum cost and appoint contractors to develop affordable township for the common man. Else provide us faster transportation and we'll shift on the outskirts upto 100 km from the City.
You need to do a lot for the common man. You need to control inflation. You should at least provide the bare minimum to the poor. You should allocate funds to tighten security apparatus in the city. You need to take care of education of our poor brethren.
The taxes which we are paying goes for the welfare of the elected leaders. Do a complete audit of all the elected representatives with respect to their income over period of years. Let our taxes be used to develop public hospitals, parks, transportation, education. Each and every rupee which we pay is hard earned. See that it is used for the welfare of the common man.

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