Bollywood v. Maharashta Government
A disgruntled group of Bollywood bigwigs have founded an NGO called Jaag India, under which they will file a public-interest lawsuit (PIL) against the state government of Maharashta for their “complete system failure” in handling the Mumbai floods. Filmmakers like Mahesh Bhatt, Ashok Pandit, and Vinta Nanda say Jaag India wants to know who’s responsible for the failure in the city’s disaster management efforts, and are also demanding accountability as taxpayers. The organization is also critical of Maharashta’s city planning methods, in which townships are constructed first, followed by essentials like roads and sewers, which should come first.
August 5th, 2005 at 4:26 am
Dear jaag India
Thanks for PIL & it is very good boolywood paid interest on Mumbai.
I got a forwarded email regarding “JAAG INDIA PIL”.
Plz read following message which i got from mail & tell is it true or just rumor.
With Regards,
Raghvendra S. Raghuwanshi
9892687036
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Hello All!!!
The Below is the message from Jaag India,to file a Petition against the Government, BMC,MTNL,Railway,Police etc.This particular Organization requires 1 million Signatures to proceed on behalf of Mumbaikars.Kindly Sms them into following Format:
Jaag Your Full Name —- send to 8558.
Kindly support them as we all have faced the worse on 26th July 2005.
August 6th, 2005 at 9:11 am
Hi,
Excellent Initiative.
Does any one know how one can take some part (active / passive) in this Jaag India movement?
August 15th, 2005 at 2:56 pm
Can someone explain the relationship of Maharashtra to Mumbai? Is Maharashtra a larger geographic/political area. In the US we have cities/counties/states as increasingly larger geopolitical entities. How are your geopolitical entities organized in India?
Thank you for a reply
August 24th, 2005 at 4:01 pm
Mumbai is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra, just as Boston is the capital of the American state of Massachusetts.