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TechnoparkToday.com(May, 2014): Thanks to Home Minister – Ramesh Chennithala for giving the final clearance for new police aid post and enhanced security for Technopark including 24 Hour police patrolling in an around Technopark.
Home Minister said that, kazhakkoottam police station will be bought under city police jurisdiction of city police commissioner. Also he said that the pre-paid auto counter in technopark will be started within weeks.
The security incidents in and around technopark campus was a big concern for techie community for a long time. we also reported lot of security incidents including attack and molestation against techie, especially towards girls. lots of complaints were given to local authorities but nothing happened.
Credits for the recent developments goes to a group of techie activists called IAK-Be The Change, their proactive and dedicated actions resulted reaching out the home minister and senior police officers to technopark and they interacted with techies , company authorities to take this decision.
Organizations like Prathidwani and GTech also put significant efforts in this matter. Many of the IT companies in technopark and online medias like technoparktoday.com, keralaitnews.com and the entire techie community played significant roles to make it happen.
We, TechnoparkToday.com thank to Hon.Home Minister. Shri. Ramesh Chennithala and Police officers – Shri.Manoj Abraham, Shri.Rajpal Meena and all other officers presented during the event.
Sincere Thanks to the Home minister and Police officials.
Donno why Technopark Today is interested in showering the entire credits.. 🙂 Are you guys aware of Prathidhwani’s submission of park’s security demands including police aid post to the then state home minister last December ?
@ Ajith – it looks to be a paid news.
appreciating all group’s good intention for TP. At the same time should
not be unfair to other organisations like Prathidhwani which did been following up the same cause with different departments and authorities for about an year now. It was already decided a few months back to start Aid Post and the planned works are also in progress. All of a sudden how did this ‘entire credit’ thing come up !!! That too in two weeks time !
With all due respects – Credit has to be earned, not stolen.
Takes a lot of effort to make things happen, and an internet one liner to make that somebody’s ‘impact’
ajith, many organizations, group, companies, individuals and portals complained about the park security issues earlier. and given complains signature campaigns etc..but we all know what happened. But this time, we should give the credits to the IAK team, since they are the one who made it happen this time. they not only filed the compalaint, they conducted a thorough study, prepared whitepaper, evidences, and facts and submitted to Police Department, and Home Ministers office. they made efforts to meet the officials, conducted several discussions meetings and thats why home minister himself ordered for the actions. So this effort is only for the group, and its injustice to share the credits.
“.. they not only filed the compalaint, they conducted a thorough study, prepared whitepaper, evidences, and facts and submitted to Police Department, and Home Ministers office..”
Sorry sir.. Prathidhwani too did the same. surveys/signatures/whitepapers/Police/Hime minister..
need evidence ?
good to know that TPT is IAK and IAK is TPT. 🙂
Yes, need the evidence. anyone can conduct an online survey, and submit it to some office. but what kind of follow-ups made. and why it was not happened till the IAK team went to home minister’s office last week? we all know many people took effort, but don’t you think the credits should go to the people who actually made it possible?
“…anyone can conduct an online survey, and submit it to some office..”
This shows your attitude towards orgs other than IAK. Great going buddy, good luck !
Ajith, pls don’t take it wrong.
so, you really think police aid post was decided after IAK’s petition and approved yesterday ? You have any idea what the project stage is now ? Have you ever checked what all work for the police aid post has happened in the last 5 months or so ? At least check with TP authorities.
I think people are consumed by syndrome of things happen with “our unique effort” .
http://www.prathidhwani.org/news/police-aid-post-will-be-soon-inaugurated-in-technopark/ please go through
The fact is Home Minister mentioned in the function about GTech meeting him recently about this request. And there was this group asking the minister if he remembers them meeting him !!
And moreover do people know in our bureaucratic structure how much time it takes to check with different local police authorities about the feasibility of such a thing before a minister can announce this publicly ? Without knowing all these how can someone claim that we met a week ago and see now its a reality.!
See Article published in Mathrubhumi on March 12, 2014
http://anoopv.blogspot.com/2014/03/an-international-womans-week-happening.html
See News Published in Mathrubhumi on 12th march on women’s day.
There some people called Voice of Techies, are they same as IAK?
Yes Vinod, Pure fact .. and TPT have now edited the article..
reminds me of Kerala State Film awards.. tries to please everyone.. 🙂
Dear TPT,
This editing could have been avoided if you did a factual reporting.Still the balance tilt to IAK, and we assume it is due to “interests”.!!
Good to hear that a police aid post is set up inside Technopark. It was a long pending request from the Technopark employees.
For all those who fight for the credit of this, I’ve just to say that Rome was not built on a day.
A lot of people have put effort for this cause and hence this has become a reality.
It is really childish to think that a task as setting up an aid post takes just a week’s time.
I would give credit to all the organizations and companies who put effort for this cause, especially Prathidhwani.
Why such an intolerance to the people / organizations whos taking some real actions for problems?
Vinod, please explain the – the developments happened over last 5 months. for the knowledge of techies. if possible mention each of the phases and who all are involved in the decision making / influenced that process / followed up the process. please submit the evidence, if any. Lets talk with facts and figures than any blanket statements. please proceed.
It is very evident from your article that, irrespective of many requests and complaints no actions were taken this far, prathidwanis requests along with requests from companies, individuals etc were pending for a long time without any action. ( correct me with facts and evidences if i’m wrong). and the wheel started moving when this new group( IAK ) came, and they made a significantly big difference by approaching the home minister and police officers. I think you don’t have any disagreement about this fact.
By referring to the online Blogs, it is evident that Police Aid Post was approved as part of the effort from a group called IAK. Anybody can put effort, but putting the effort in the right way which does matters. Got this image from internet which is viral across the internet. This Image itself will give 100% proof that IAK is behind this effort. And I don;t find blaming TPT on highlighting their name since they deserve it.
Hatz off guys whoever worked behind this
By referring to the online Blogs, it is evident that Police Aid Post was approved as part of the effort from a group called IAK. Anybody can put effort, but putting the effort in the right way which does matters. Got this image from internet which is viral across the internet. This Image itself will give 100% proof that IAK is behind this effort. And I don;t find blaming TPT on highlighting their name since they deserve it.
By referring to the online Blogs, it is evident that Police Aid Post was approved as part of the effort from a group called IAK. Anybody can put effort, but putting the effort in the right way which does matters. Got this image from internet which is viral across the internet. This Image itself will give 100% proof that IAK is behind this effort. And I don’t find problems wirh blaming TPT on highlighting their name since they deserve it.
Hatz off guys whoever worked behind this. Just made a statement based on my findings related to this issue.
Reposting – Its more like a wonderful tail end batting for
victory, but not to forget century innings which laid the foundation.
IPL fever !!
nobody is blaming TPT. But suddenly a group comes up claiming ‘exclusive credits’ !! Without knowing what happened in the past months !
If the last person to give the memorandum is to be credited you should mention only GTech. rt ? That is the name minister mentioned in the public function (on records). ‘GTech approached with this demand’.
How do you conclude the previous efforts have no effect ? Anyone can wait on an ongoing procedure and be the last person to submit a memorandum just before it is formally signed off 😉
It was noticed that the effort put by the group IAK on collecting the signature and Survey, many people reached me too regarding this. They have created a wave not only within Technopark, but the Media and also Social Media (Just went through their Page). Based on that, The Hindu has featured their effort, got this also from Internet. The article says, the authorities has noticed their effort and made some necessary measures for this. Find below paper cuts.
It was noticed that the effort put by the group IAK on collecting the signature and Survey, many people reached me too regarding this. They have created a wave not only within Technopark, but the Media and also Social Media (Just went through their Page). Based on that, The Hindu has featured their effort, got this also from Internet. The article says, the authorities has noticed their effort and made some necessary measures for this. Find below news paper cuts
See the Video Featuring IAK Team, guess, they are behind this for a while. Don;t feel i am advocating for IAK, just thought of bringing this here to avoid unnecessary confusions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pCl2V1NKyg
Prathidwani is a good organization, but for claiming the credits, please show the timeline of your efforts – where did you submitted the complaint, what was the response? how did follow-up? what was the result etc…lets evaluate it and conclude.
Don’t forget voice of techies ( AAP counterpart in Technopark ) is the main people behind the reversal of car parking fee. they were the only people came to the park centre and protested and took legal actions against such a move.
This should be IAK’s Official Page, by going through this, it is evident that this group did lot of ground work in the right direction to get this implemented. https://www.facebook.com/gotInspiredByAK
Vijay, there will be lot of teams come and play IPL for winning the Trophy, but always the team who performs well and achieve the target will be winning the trophy. Is it fare to share the credits with others for the sake that they made this team to Win? Always effort and hardwork matters. Other teams willl be certainly remembered if they have played well and at least contributed in reaching the target. world will always remember both the teams. Let people decide. Don’t feel I am supporting IAK, but I have heard about the efforts they have put across Technopark and also the online survey.
We need police aid post, prepaid auto counter, an efficient security systems, job protection. This is right. Then, stop this mud slinging. This is the time to welcome the authorities decisions instead organizations are fighting for its credit. What a pity. If your real intention is welfare of techies, then why all these drama. I have been working in Technopark for the past 9 years and being a part of all the major organizations. Starting from first, mytechnopark forum, voice.technopark, Gtech, Vivekanda study center (vsc), Natana, Prathidwani, voice of techies, IAK, all are doing their own activities for the welfare of techies.
Then why this fight. If your intentions are genuine, be happy on the results. Stop crying for credits.
Ajith, By going through their Page, I feel that, this was a well planned and did lot of homework before executing and did regular follow ups with government officials. I can see that just by going through their Official Page. Everything is excellently conveyed through the page.
1) Initial Phase
2) Signature drive and Survey Drive
3) Weekly Updates on the counts and asking more participation
4) Closure notes with facts and figures
5) Thank you Notes
Also, they have updated the different phases of follow ups.
I am not yet a fan of IAK, but by going through their page, feels like they are excellent and has taken this seriously.
Whatever it is, i guess, this picture will vouch for them with anyone.
Anoop, based on this I went through your site, but can you show me how many has responded to your petition, signature and also can you show me the evidence on Home Minister approving this based on your submission. Because, I was comparing the IAK Page with your’s they have clearly mentioned about everything with facts and figures and also with the support of Photographs.
And whatever you are saying is same as what they say, the only difference is they have proof with Photo and numbers. You don’t have those. Sorry, I am curious to know those that is why.
https://www.facebook.com/gotInspiredByAK/photos/a.626017634112971.1073741828.626009967447071/673385956042805/?type=1&theater
http://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/shri-ramesh-chennithala-safety-of-women-around-technopark-trivandrum-kerala
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FZF2PP9
Finally, they have evidence of getting approvals from Home Minister, why you guys don’t have that since your page says this was approved based on your meeting with Ramesh Chennithala.
guys, I am not here to speak for any group or claim credit for any group or deny credit to any group. I am sure when time comes all groups will come up with their data or campaigns. All I was saying from the beginning was that it is not just one group that has achieved this good thing for TP and its employees. I was speaking against this ‘exclusive’ thing some people are trying to highlight and also about the judgement some people made about ‘all other groups failed’. Thats all. Whoever has worked can claim credit. But should show the dignity to respect other people/group’s work and not to undermine them by passing verdicts that they all failed.
Yes Vinod, that is correct, if you have any doubt, you can check directly with Police Officials, get information directly from them. Also, you can see the pictures that HM has approved the Petition submitted by IAK Team. at the same time we have value put by other groups, but for sure the recent progress was part of the effort from IAK.
Is it the new trend here that anything that you don’t agree to or is not as per your taste should be discarded/termed as paid news??? Lets not forget to be an educated class of people. If this new team has done some deed that helped with a change, what is the problem with that??? We all know what other teams have also done. Unfortunately for them we haven’t seen much palpable change so far. But now we see something happening in front of us… As somebody mentioned in another comment,is it not the end result that matters??? Are we all not part of the same community that will be benefited?? So lets stop this argument against these fellows who took some step at the same time appreciating what others also did. IAnd lets give all the credit to the new Home Minister who showed the right spirit and signed it into an order without any delay or red tape. Hats off sir!!!! Thank you very much.
I agree to the fact that it was not just one group who tried for solutions. But who is undermining whom??? I did not understand that. I can see a lot of comments above throwing mud on this new group IAK. May be by people who know what Prathidwani has tried. Whatever their result was, we have not seen much. But I have not seen any comment from the so called newbie IAK against Prathidwani or claiming credit for the entire show. I saw some posts in their FB page which simply says what they have been doing and that there is some IAK impact. Who is being targeted here then??? My friends in Trivandrum initially made fun of this team IAK too. They said about signature, survey, petition etc and said IAK also will try and nothing will happen. But lucky guys had gone to the new minister who acted quickly. So why blame them when they have not said other groups did not do anything?? Why are we becoming such intolerant people???
Dear Ajith, that might be true but what happened after all those??? I have worked in Trivandrum for 3 years and myself faced issues. After I relocated, my friends have signed petitions. But nobody knows what happened after that. If you submitted and nothing happened for a long period of time, am I wrong if I think that your submission did not achieve the intended result??? I am not trying to point fingers or blame anyone. I am an IT business analyst. I go with logic and data I am presented with. My mind can not understand what you are trying to prove here. Some new people came in between and did exactly what you claim to have done and immediately find success. So they might have done something different?? Am I correct or not?? If IAK did something that got things moving again, shouldn’t you be congratulating them as your wagon had stopped somewhere for whatever reason. At the end, all of you got the result what you all claim to have tried to achieve.
Yes, totally agree that the credit has to be earned. But I am confused by some inconsistency in your statements because clearly the Hon’ble Home Minister has given an order on IAK’s petition. And if I read it correctly, it states that an aid post should be opened in 10 days or something to that effect. And this order was given only recently. Then how do you say that it was already decided few months back? Who decided? Prathidwani? Not the minister apparently. And what are the planned works you referred to? We have never heard of such planned works before until the new team published their story. And now we hear about aid post and police patrolling which is what we have been waiting for all this while. With all due respect, I am struggling to see eye to eye with your side especially as your claim above shows discrepancy with facts that I can see online on the Minister’s site. Otherwise, one would think that the other groups are claiming that decisions have been made, based on some discussions they have had and not based on concrete orders they have managed to obtain, which means we are being told half baked stories? So either way credit has to be earned. And respect too.
Here comes ignorance glorified. Are you sure that VOT were the only group who came to Park centre and protested against it ? 🙂
Mridul, did you see how this page/article was before ? Now what you see is an edited content and that too just after we raised our voice on prathidhwani’s efforts. If you haven’t seen that, then don’t bother again to call someone lucky and someone intolerant.
🙂 The fight is not for credits, its against biased reporting sir.
Iterating Vinod’s comments..
“..f the last person to give the memorandum is to be credited you should mention only GTech. rt ? That is the name minister mentioned in the public function (on records). ‘GTech approached with this demand’…”
Why did this happen then ?
Sorry, the minister gave credits to Gtech and that too in public. 🙂 TPT wasn’t aware of that ?
Its not just you who goes by logic & data sir. IAK’s efforts are much appreciated. But if home minister mentioned G-tech as the sole body who have approached them and invited them, why even G-tech was not finding its place in this article first? So that’s it. Now you should be clear on what biased reporting is.
So, all of your articles published in media were paid?