- I Paid A Bribe
- 12 years ago
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Drainage issue
- Water and Sewage
- Repair of Water and Sewage Connection
- Paid INR 5,000
We had some issue with our drainage connection. Due to bloackage in mainline, the drainage used to overflow inside my house. This happens for many times for last 6 months. Everytime i used to followup with BWSSB helpdesk. The reposnse from helpdesk will be good, but groundlevel i used to get response like vehilcle not available, driver on leave, contractor not available etc. Once the driver of the vehicle directly asked Rs6000/- telling that the problem due to connection between ourline and mainline & its responsibility of ours. I dont want to pay bribe & went & met AE. I complained to him about the issue & also told about demand for bribe. He told not to pay any money & he will send people. He sent workers after few days. Till the time the drainage water from mainline pass through my house & used to get lot of bad smell. After long struggle, the issue got corrected by digging the mainline just after the area where the problem exisit. They mentioned that they cant dig near the problem place as its where my line get connected with the mainline.
The issue of overflow reoccur with in 2 months. This time also i raised the issue through BWSSB & AE of our region. After many calls again, the person from BWSSB visited my place & gave same reasons like vehicle not available etc. As i need to leave to my native for a week, i dont want to leave the house with drainage overflow. So i explained him the situation, he told if i give Rs.5000, he will do by himself within a day. I decided to give money, because of the condition at which they are working & urgency i have.
I am no more going to complain about the workers. But the main responsibility lies with AE & higher officials. We need to make many phone calls & stay off from work many days if we need to solve any issue without bribe. Higher officials always tell us not to pay bribe, but the delay in fixing like drainage overflow into the house lead us to pay bribe