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Convener - Arappor Iyakkam Towards a Just and Equitable society
Feb 4, 2023 16 tweets 8 min read
Thread on Adani’s Coal import scam:
How Adani & others looted, plundered the nation thro the coal import scam? This specifically explains d Corruption evidences against Adani & others to tune of 6066 Crores in TN Electricity Board filed by Arappor (1/14) Btn 2012 & 2016, TANGEDCO purchased 2.44 crore ton of imported coal from Adani Global Pte Ltd,Knowledge Intl Strategy Systems Pte Ltd, Chettinad logistics Pvt Ltd, MMTC Ltd & MSTC Ltd. Out of this, 49% coal orders were given to Adani Global Pte Ltd (1.19 crore ton) alone (2/14).
Feb 4, 2022 16 tweets 7 min read
This thread explains d illegal appointment of Mr Jarard Kishore as member, TamilNadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) by TN Govt . This appointment will greatly affect the independent nature of the institution & will push TANGEDCO further into deep sea (1/15) TNERC is a regulatory body deciding on not only our tarriffs but also disputes btn tangedco & pvt power companies.Its headed by chairperson & 2 members with powers of a civil court judge to hear cases. Appointment to this post is as per sec 84 & 85 of Electricity Act, 2003 (2/15)
Jun 16, 2021 11 tweets 4 min read
Thread on Underreporting of Covid Deaths in TN: We hv been hearing news of people dying in our relatives friends etc. Yet the Govt kept declaring deaths of only 400 to 500 max/ day in May 2021. Therefore, Arappor did this study on deaths for April & May 2021. Arappor had chosen 6 hospitals where we had complete data of death certificates issued for all 3 yrs for 2019,2020 and 2021 for months of Jan to May so that we can compare with both previous months as well as previous years. The 6 hospitals are below
Jan 29, 2021 11 tweets 5 min read
Thread on F Tender by CM's Highways Dept: 2 events happened over d last month. A Contractor calls me & says not to proceed on Corruption in Rs 494 Cr Tender. A day b4 opening of Rs 494 Cr tender, 2 ppl come to our office in d guise of inviting me to a rotary event. After few mins, they said they hv been sent by highway engineers abt thanjavur tender.This is d same tender that was prefixed to JSV infra that we cancelled last month. It was refloated & d nexus wanted to ensure b4 opening of tender that @Arappor does not raise this issue again.
Dec 28, 2020 18 tweets 6 min read
Thread:Good news: TN Information Commission orders penalty of Rs 25000 to be deducted from Chennai Corp Exec Engr Victors salary & also orders Corp Comm to take disciplinary dept. action on Victor & Superintending Engr Vijaykumar for not furnishing info under RTI to Arappor While we shd be happy that this will act as a deterrent to many public information officers who refuse info under RTI, the ordeal behind this order will show how diff people get together to protect the corrupt. I filed a RTI on 31/07/2018 seeking information on a road tender
Dec 5, 2020 13 tweets 5 min read
Thread: This thread explains how Edappadi Palanisamys Highways Dept is involved in huge tender frauds. 2 area based comprehensive road improvement strengthening & maintenance contracts for laying and widening thanjavur roads worth Rs 656 Cr & Rs 494 Cr were floated in Oct 2020 Many roads in excellent conditions were included for maintenance for 5 years. One wud think that d cost of maintaining good roads will be lesser than usual. However, while earlier tenders had cost of Rs 1 Cr/Km, these 2 tenders were given Rs 3.15 Cr/Km & Rs 1.95 Cr/ Km resp.
Nov 24, 2020 10 tweets 3 min read
Thread: DVAC has finally woken up to the clear cut case of Corruption in handing over tender worth Rs 520 Crores for outsourcing of housekeeping and security services in 70 Govt hospitals in TN for yrs 2016 to 2020 to the company of brother of former chief secretary Ram Mohan Rao Arappor had made the complaint in 2017 & also submitted additional evidences in 2017 & 2019. Our continuous efforts has led to DVAC finally enquiring it seriously. Case has seen atleast 3 investigating officers & we have spent more than 30 hrs explaining to different IOs
Nov 19, 2020 11 tweets 4 min read
Thread: Remember this tweet from July? This thread is about how d Highways Dept is trying to float the same road tenders now in disguise that is a colossal wastage of pubic money. This whole story is thrilling & it shows how the dept tries different ways to get the tenders thru' 1900 Crores Thanjavur Performance based maintenance contract (PBMC) tenders were floated in 2 phases. Phase 1 with 1165 Cr & Phase 2 with arnd 700 Cr.@arappor released a video in June creating awareness. DMK & 24 contractors had also filed cases against dis tender.
Nov 9, 2020 13 tweets 3 min read
Thread: TN Govts untiring effort to do Corruption in Bharatnet tenders again. After the cancellation last time due to @Arappor complaint, TN Govt shd have made a sincere effort since this scheme can benefit villages. However they failed miserably again. Details below Image All TN Govt shd have done after cancellation last time is to remove the discriminatory and restrictive clauses and cud have floated the new render by July 1st week itself. However they delayed 4 months and floated in October only changing the entire architecture of the project.
Oct 23, 2020 10 tweets 3 min read
Thread:This thread is on how @chennaicorp is making a mockery of citizens thro solid waste management tenders. This is going to destroy Pallikaranai Marsh land like never before. All the jumla by Commissioner Prakash IAS on waterbody revival can be understood thro the Tender docs 3 tenders worth close to Rs 6000 crores were floated and finalized for for collection and transportation of waste for 11 zones. Let's take 1 tender which is for zones 9, 10 and 13. A page from tender is attached.
Sep 24, 2020 11 tweets 3 min read
Thread: Big News!Police files chargesheet against Sasikala's brother Sundaravadanam 4 grabbing land of a farmer in Thanjavur. Magistrate court has issued a non bailable warrant last week. @Arappor had exposed this landgrab in 2017 & been supporting d family to get their land back Image Farmers Manoharan and his wife Valarmathi had a farm for 4.84 acres in Rajendraarcot village, Thiruvaiyaru Taluk, Thanjavur Dist. The farm had 460 Cocunut trees, 63 mango trees, 60 teek trees, 6 jack fruit trees and few other types of trees. Decided to sell land in 2008. Image
Sep 6, 2020 9 tweets 3 min read
Thread: After the release on Sasikala's property, some of u asked me abt the relation between VV Mineral Vaikundarajan and News 7 channel. News 7 is run by Alliance broadcasting Pvt Ltd whose 4 directors are sons of Vaikundarajan & his brother Jagadeesan(1/7) Subramanian and Velmurugan, sons of Vaikundarajan and Chenthilrajan and Muthurajan, sons of Jagadeesan r the Directors. They r also Directors of many others VV group companies as well. For ex: I have shown here the directorship of Subramanian Vaikundarajan (2/7)
Sep 5, 2020 16 tweets 10 min read
Thread: IT attaches 300 Cr worth property of Sasikala under Benami Act. Sasikala was d benami of former CM Jayalalitha. The 9 ground bungalow that she is building on poes garden right opposite to Jayas house is also one of d property attached. How did Sasikala buy this property? Property is in name of Harichandana estates. The directors karthikeyan & sivakumar, a relative of Sasikala who r also directors of many other benami firms like MIDAS distilleries & JAZZ cinemas. But d shareholding clearly shows that d firm is owned by Sasikala & Illavarasi
Aug 27, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
Thread: Arappor Expose on Overcharging by MIOT Pvt Hospital. MIOT Hospital charges Rs 2,85,000 for 4 days averaging almost Rs 71000 per day while Govt has capped at Rs 15000 max for critical care and Rs 7500 for non critical care per day. Will @RAKRI1 & @Vijayabaskarofl act ? Image A 58 yr old patient gets admitted on 21st Aug with heavy breathlessness & was admitted to Covid ICU after Covid confirmation test the same day. After 2 days he was shifted to Covid normal ward. The relative tried reaching out to 104 regarding the bill but Govt did not act.
Jul 31, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read
@Arappor Iyakkams effort is leading to the restoration of Villivakkam lake that is getting into shape today.More than 20 acres were dumped with Metro rail debris that led to blocking inlets & flooding d area in 2015. Arappor's HC & NGT case led to the restoration of the lake(1/5) ImageImage Arappor did a social audit in 2016 & also got proofs of acceptance by Govt for the dump by Metro rail thro RTI. Moved the Madras HC in late 2016 which was transferred to NGT later. Arappor got orders for restoration & out of 39 acres,27.5 acres was handed over to Corporation(2/5)
Jul 16, 2020 7 tweets 2 min read
When I heard karuppar koottam name in the last 2 days, I remembered their interview with me 2 yrs back which was very interesting and has gone unpublished till today. This was right after the sastra univ encroachment judgement wherein HC ordered Govt to clear their encroachment. Somehow a section of DK and DMK supporters started a vicious online campaign online against Arappor saying Arappor has not talked about this encroachment & therefore we support Sastras encroachment! 2 ppl from Karuppar TV wanted to interview me about Arappor
Jul 16, 2020 7 tweets 3 min read
Thread:PMO rejects our RTI seeking detailed info on donation, expenditure & minutes of meetings of PM Cares FUND citing its not a public authority. We hv filed first appeal now. The reason for rejection cites PM Cares fund is not a public authority asper section 2h of RTI act Image PM is d ex officio chairman of the Trust which means that the trust has been established by Modi in his capacity as PM of Govt of India. Clearly its a public authority as per 2h(d) of the rti act
Jul 1, 2020 19 tweets 4 min read
Thread: AK Viswanathan IPS Comm of Police Chennai has been transferred out as he completes 3 yrs. AKV & @Arappor had a rough run over the last year. He is a classic example of a cop failing to be loyal to law & constitution nd instead chose to b loyal to Minister S.P.Velumani. This thread explains abt the series of fake cases filed by him against @Arappor. In 2017,Arappor released a video on police atrocities & importance of pressurizing d Govt for allocating a place in chennai where citizens can protest in a non violent way like JantarMantar in Delhi
Jun 27, 2020 7 tweets 2 min read
Thread: Big Victory in averting massive Corruption! DPIIT issues order for cancellation of Rs 2000 Crore BharatNet tender after @Arappor complaint on the massive illegal tender changes made by TN Govt. This has saved crores of public exchequer money from being swindled. Rs 2000 crore bharatnet tender was floated by TN Govt's TANFINET on Dec 5, 2019. However, then IT Secretary Santhosh Babu IAS and TANFINET MD Shanmugam IAS were pressurized to change tender conditions to suit specific companies. They refused and were transferred out.
Jun 21, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read
Thread: There r some glaring issues that have come out in district data 1. By June 7, Chennai had done 1.22 lakh tests and 22000 were positive. By June 20, 1.7 lakh tests done and around 39700 positive. This means between these 2 dates 48000 tests were done and 17700 are postive. Image As on June 7, corona positive rate was 18% of total tested. But between June 7 to 20, corona positive rate is 36% of those tested which is almost double. This increase signifies 2 things 1. That corona is spreading very fast in Chennai and 2. Rate of increase in testing is poor.
Jun 10, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
Corona death Mystery Thread : I do not understand the idea of reconciliation committee. Reconciliation can be understood when there is a minor error. But TOI article says difference btn chennai Corporation & health is 236 cases which is more than 100 percent cases. After reports of covid deaths on railways by TOI, dtnext article on underreporting of deaths, our expose on under reporting of deaths the govt seem to have realized that the evidences of death under reporting is indefensible.