martyrs of rti act
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A presentation on the martyrs of RTI Act. These are the people who lost their lives for the sole reason that they stood against the filth in the society using the power of the legal system by using the Right to Information (RTI) Act.TRANSCRIPT
Power of ONE
Martyrs for Truth
RTI Activists who lost their lives
Presented by: Anju Philip, Jikku A Joseph, Bimal Antony, Anuprabha Cyriac,
Griffy Denny, Lims Thomas
E-Mail: [email protected] Mobile: +919995006062
Lalit Kumar MehtaMember of: Vikas Sahyog Kendra
Activist in: Right to Food and Right to Work
Place of work: Palamau, Jharkhand
What he did: In-depth social audit of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) works in Palamau exposing corrupt practices.
Murdered on: March 15, 2008.
Kameshwar Yadav
Activist in: Right to Work
Place of work: Giridih, Jharkhand
What he did: With the help of RTI, questioned the nexus flourishing among officers, leaders, contractors
and middlemen regarding minor irrigation work in Deori.
Murdered on: June 7, 2008.
E-Mail: [email protected] Mobile: +919995006062
Venkatesh
Place of work: Eranapalyta, Karnataka.
What he did: Exposed encroachments on government property .
Murdered on: April 12, 2009.
E-Mail: [email protected] Mobile: +919995006062
Satish Shetty
Place of work: Pune, Maharashtra
What he did: Exposed many land scams in Maharashtra
Murdered on: January 13, 2010.
E-Mail: [email protected] Mobile: +919995006062
Vishram Laxman Dodiya
Place of work: Surat, Gujarat
What he did: Gathering information from government using RTI Act and educating the masses. Anti gambling
measures using RTI Act.
Murdered on: February 11, 2010.
E-Mail: [email protected] Mobile: +919995006062
Shashidhar Mishra
Place of work: Begusarai, Bihar.
What he did: Exposed scams in the welfare schemes at the panchayat and block level.
Murdered on: February 14, 2010.
E-Mail: [email protected] Mobile: +919995006062
Sola Ranga Rao
Place of work: Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh
What he did: Filed many RTI applications in the district office regarding funding of the village’s drainage
system.
Murdered on: April 11, 2010.
E-Mail: [email protected] Mobile: +919995006062
Vitthal Gite
Place of work: Aurangabad, Maharashtra
What he did: He discovered that teachers at the school were pocketing grant and scholarship money meant
for students, as well as padding their salaries by claiming they worked at more than one school..
Murdered on: April 18, 2010.
E-Mail: [email protected] Mobile: +919995006062
Dattatreya Patil
Place of work: Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra
What he did: Taking on the administration with the help of the RTI act.
Murdered on: May 22, 2010.
E-Mail: [email protected] Mobile: +919995006062
Amit Jethwa
Activity: Enviormentalist and Social Worker
Place of work: Junagarh, Gujarat
What he did: Activities against illegal mining in the protected area got him many powerful adversaries.
Murdered on: July 20, 2010.
E-Mail: [email protected] Mobile: +919995006062
Ramdas Patil Ghadegaonkar
Place of work: Nanded, Maharasthra
What he did: Fighting a battle through the use of RTI against some companies who were using heavy machinery to dredge sand from Godavari river.
Murdered on: August 27, 2010.
E-Mail: [email protected] Mobile: +919995006062
Manjunath Shanmugam
Position held: Marketing Manager for the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
What he did: He had ordered two petrol pumps at Lakhimpur Kheri, UP sealed for selling adulterated fuel for three months.
Murdered on: November 19, 2005.
E-Mail: [email protected] Mobile: +919995006062
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