This is the presentation I used during the public hearing organised on 9th October, 2015 by the Independent Peoples Tribunal for the Environment on the subject of Mumbai Coast Road project.
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Mumbai Coast Road - Points made at Public Hearing
1. Good Governance and the Coast
Road
Public Hearing on Mumbai Coast Road
Independent People’s Tribunal on Environment
Human Rights Law Network
Rishi Aggarwal
9th October, 2015
St. Pauls Institute, Bandra
Mumbai
2. Note: [This is upload version of presentation where the parts in
red are ones which are added to indicate what I spoke. Also
taking liberty of changing title from What is good governance to
Good Governance and the Coast Road Project]
• We had a new government last year which
promised Minimum Government Maximum
Governance.
• To me the coast road project represents
Maximum Government Minimum Governance
• Let us explore some definitions of good
governance
3.
4. “….governance is a process whereby societies
or organizations make their important
decisions, determine whom they involve in
the process and how they render account.”
5.
6. United Nations economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Good governance has 8 major characteristics.It is
1. Participatory,
2. Consensusoriented,
3. Accountable
4. Transparent
5. Responsive
6. Effectiveand efficient
7. Equitableand inclusive
8. Follows the rule of law
7. It assures that corruption is minimized, the
views of minorities are taken into account and
the voices of the most vulnerable in society
are heard in decision-making. It is also
responsive to the present and future needs
of society.
8. The process of deciding upon the coastal road
project and then pushing it through is
completely incongruent with the principles
outlined above.
9. What does the party in power say
about good governance?
http://www.bjp.org/core-issues/good-governance
10. BJPs take on good governance
• The BJP’s definition of good governanceis a administration whereeven
theweakest and the most vulnerablesectionsof societyhavean
equalstake in chartingthe country’sgrowth.Everything starts and
progressesfrom this single idea. Today, the BJP is the only true merit-
based democratic political party in India. In governance,theBJP is
committedtothe idealsof transparency,efficiencyand
responsiveness.Time and again, the party has demonstratedits
commitmenttowardstheseprinciples,whereverit has beenvotedto
power.
• With the BJP at the helm, the Indian voters can look forward to a clean
government,free of corruption and scandal;a leadershipthathasn’t
reachedon top on the basis of connectionsand cronyism,but on the
basisof years of unrelentingwork for the masses and a youthful
leadership that is in sync with contemporary India.
11. BJPs take on good governance
• Our modelof goodgovernanceensuresthat eventhe tallest
leadersand top bureaucratsare answerableto an ordinary
citizen,hailingfrom any part of India. The government believes
in operating in complete transparency, with every file and
officialrecordopenfor publicscrutiny, except when these may
endanger national security.
• The BJP’s ascendancyis an antidotetowhateverhas troubled
theIndian politicalsystemoverthe last six decades–crony
capitalism,feudalism,favouritismand archaic methodsof
governance.For us, governanceis a missionthat isn’t complete
withoutproactiveinvolvementof the citizensof India. We
striveto providea clean and efficientgovernmentthatinvites
proactiveparticipationandinvolvementof citizens at every
step.
12. I think in the previous two slides on all
accounts BJPs behaviour and response is
inconsistent with its stated position.
The emphasis is mine in the previous two
slides to indicate where particularly I feel
aggrieved.
13. Its time we started showing respect for our
national motto, strive for the enshrined values in
spirit and not make a ritualistic mockery of it.
And I think
the coast
road
proposal
represents
the triumph
of falsehood
over truth
14. Thank you
[Note: During the deposition I pulled in
points made in my written deposition found
here –
https://rishiaggarwaal.wordpress.com/2015/10/10/p
oints-made-during-deposition-for-coast-road-
project-in-mumbai/